Collin B. George, CISSP
Founder and principal of Sanctir. His work focuses on national security analysis, cybersecurity, economic statecraft, export controls, sanctions, and structured analytic methodology. He is the author of Sanctir’s working papers, legislative discussion drafts, and assessments, published on this site and on SSRN.
Published work
The published work is the credential: a reader can evaluate it directly rather than take it on assertion.
Author of Sanctir’s working papers, legislative discussion drafts, assessments and open-source reference designs. Each working paper states its governing judgment, its confidence and its limits, and is also published on SSRN. Each legislative draft is published with the analysis behind it and the questions it leaves open.
The work spans statecraft and foreign policy, illicit finance and sanctions, export controls and technology security, the defense industrial base and supply chains, cybersecurity and attestation, unmanned systems, critical infrastructure and energy, biodefense, maritime enforcement, and federal legislation, all under a published analytic methodology.
The full research library and the methodology are on this site; the working papers are collected on the SSRN author page.
Research Domains
- Statecraft & policy analysis
- Illicit finance & sanctions
- Export controls & technology security
- Defense base & strategic sourcing
- Cybersecurity & attestation
- Government & legislation
- Structured analytic methodology
Also Covered
Open Source
Identifiers
- ORCID 0009-0007-8162-6839
- SSRN author page
Clinical Education
- collinbgeorge.com: independent academic portfolio in perioperative and critical care medicine
Experience and education
Cybersecurity and national security
Professional experience includes cybersecurity, national security analysis, regulatory compliance, and intelligence analysis. Prior work includes support to the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of State in cybersecurity and national security-related roles.
Degree and graduate coursework
B.S. in Cybersecurity, summa cum laude. Graduate coursework in intelligence analysis at Johns Hopkins University. Graduate coursework in security studies and digital forensics at the University of Central Florida.
Professional certification
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISC2. Certification status is independently verifiable through the ISC2 member registry.
Methodological approach
Sanctir publications distinguish factual findings, analytic judgments, confidence assessments, and stated limitations. Probability and analytic confidence are labeled on separate axes rather than collapsed into a single term. Sources are classified by reliability, and the evidentiary basis for each judgment is made explicit.
Every assessment names what it does not cover and what would change the judgment. Advocacy language is excluded: the work informs a decision rather than arguing for one. Publications pass documented release and quality review before public release.
The full standard is documented on the methodology page.
Independence & Ethics
- Privately operated practice
- No current government affiliation
- Represents no agency, political organization, or commercial sponsor
- All engagements subject to conflict-of-interest review