Specialist support for sensitive technology risk
FusionLabs helps organizations make practical decisions about export controls, sanctions, proliferation finance, research security, AI, semiconductors, and dual-use technology risk.
Led by Dr. Ian J. Stewart, FusionLabs provides specialist advisory support, professional online courses, instructor-led training, and decision-support tools for organizations that need to assess sensitive technologies, strengthen due diligence, and translate complex policy requirements into workable processes.
Professional Courses
Countering Proliferation Finance and Sanctions Evasion in Practice
A comprehensive, self-paced online course for professionals who need to identify, assess, escalate, and document proliferation-finance and sanctions-evasion risk.
The course combines eight structured learning sessions with realistic case studies, interactive exercises, practical workflows, a downloadable practitioner toolkit, final assessment, and certificate of completion.
Additional courses on research security, intangible technology transfer controls, and AI and semiconductor export controls are in development.
Services
Advisory
Short, specialist engagements to assess sensitive technology risk, design review workflows, strengthen governance, and develop practical mitigation measures.
Support can address research collaborations, technology portfolios, customer or partner due diligence, internal procedures, and policy implementation.
Instructor-Led Training
In-person and virtual workshops, executive briefings, tabletop exercises, and tailored programmes on export controls, sanctions, research security, proliferation finance, AI, semiconductors, and dual-use technology.
Programmes are designed for legal, compliance, research security, policy, technical, operational, and leadership teams.
Decision-Support Tools
AI-enabled analytical workflows and public-source research tools supporting triage, due diligence, documentation, and expert review.
Applications include export classification, research security review, entity risk assessment, and sensitive technology screening.
Common Questions FusionLabs Can Help With
Is this sensitive?
Assess whether a technology, collaboration, customer, transaction, research area, investment, or supply-chain relationship raises export control, sanctions, research security, proliferation, or diversion concerns.
What process do we need?
Develop practical review workflows, escalation criteria, documentation standards, governance arrangements, and mitigation measures that staff can apply consistently.
Can analysis improve triage?
Use public-source research, structured indicators, and AI-enabled workflows to support more consistent risk review while preserving expert judgement.
Led by Specialist Expertise
FusionLabs is led by Dr. Ian J. Stewart, an export controls, research security, and nonproliferation specialist with extensive experience advising governments, international organizations, universities, financial institutions, and industry.
His work spans dual-use technology, sanctions, strategic trade controls, proliferation finance, research security, emerging technology, and the practical implementation of complex regulatory and policy requirements.
FusionLabs focuses on selected advisory, training, course-development, and analytical projects where deep subject-matter expertise and practical implementation experience can add immediate value.
Who FusionLabs Supports
Government and Public Sector
Export control authorities, regulators, customs agencies, financial intelligence units, law enforcement, funders, and international organizations.
Universities and Research Organizations
Research offices, compliance teams, export control officers, legal teams, administrators, funders, and institutional research security functions.
Companies and Professional Services
Technology companies, financial institutions, investors, law firms, consultancies, and organizations managing sensitive technologies or international relationships.
Ways to Work With FusionLabs
Specialist Review
Focused assessment of a technology, collaboration, transaction, partner, customer, investment, policy, or compliance question.
Process and Programme Design
Development or improvement of risk-review workflows, governance, due diligence, escalation processes, guidance, and institutional controls.
Training and Capability Building
Self-paced online courses, instructor-led workshops, executive briefings, exercises, and tailored programmes for professional teams.
Discuss a Project
Tell us about the technology, risk, decision, or capability challenge you are working through. FusionLabs can recommend a focused advisory, analytical, course-based, or training approach.