Research security software · Shows its work

Every flag has a source.
Every decision has a record.

SYSWERX scores researchers with fixed, documented rules, cites every point to its source, and carries every case to a signed decision your office can defend to faculty, counsel, and sponsors.

Documented rules
Every point comes from a fixed, documented rule, not a model's guess.
Same answer
Same facts, same watchlist, same engine: the same score, every time.
Every point cited
To the paper or record behind it, and the government list that names the entity.
Signed off
Every case closes with a written rationale and an audit trail.

No black box. SYSWERX scores with fixed, documented rules, cites every point to its source, and turns every flag into a documented decision.

From flag to signed decision

Most tools stop at the flag. That's where your office's work starts.

Screen a researcher, see how they connect to listed entities, settle every finding, and close the case with a record that holds up a year from now.

01 Screen

A cited record, with priority set by fixed, documented rules.

  • One researcher, with or without an ORCID iD, becomes an itemized record in minutes.
  • Every point traces to a paper or record, and to the government list behind it.
  • Priority follows the 2026 DoW decision matrix, and the record names the finding that set it.
Sec. I · Risk summary
Dana Vellacourt
ORCID 0000-0000-4207-0016
Eastbrook University · Professor
22 works · 15 distinct co-authors
High priority
HIGH PRIORITY · set by a talent program in the past five years
Overseas High-level Talent Recruitment Program (2023)Harbin Institute of Technology (2026)Northwestern Polytechnical University (2025)Co-author ties to 1 listed entity
▸ What set it, with citations
DoW 2026 decision matrix past 5 years (2021–2026)
1Talent programs
Mitigation-class
1 in window
2Funding sources
Mitigation-class
1 in window
3Patents
None in window
0 US patents matched
4Entity lists
Prohibited-class
4 in window · 2 context
▸ The facts behind each reading
Sample record · fictional researcher
02 Investigate

See exactly how they reach each listed entity.

  • Directly, through a parent organization, a co-author, a funder, a grant partner, or two hops out.
  • Solid paths count toward the score. Dashed paths are context and are never scored.
  • The Network Analyzer maps the whole collaboration graph, grouped by institution.
Exposure paths 7 entities · 8 paths
SUBJECTTHROUGHLISTED ENTITYDana VellacourtResearcher 5, Researcher 6 +2Researcher 8, Researcher 9Researcher 10Researcher 11Harbin Institute of TechnologyNorthwestern Polytechnical Un…Beihang UniversityOverseas High-level Talent Re…Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityNational Natural Science Foun…Chinese Academy of Sciences
counted in the scorenot scored · context only
2Direct affiliation3Co-authorship network1State funding instrument1Talent program
Sample record · fictional researcher
03 Decide

Case management built for research security.

  • Settle every finding: disclosed, not disclosed, not the subject, resolved, or no concern, with a note and a name.
  • Send requests to the researcher and referrals to Export Control, counsel, Sponsored Programs, COI or Research Integrity, with due dates.
  • Closing a case takes a written rationale, and a second Lead's approval if your policy calls for it.
Findings 2 of 6 settled
Harbin Institute of Technology Critical
ORCID invited position · on 7 papers
Visiting professorship (2022 to present) is on ORCID and on 7 papers; not on the 2025 Current & Pending.
Not disclosed
Northwestern Polytechnical University Critical
On two 2024–2025 papers · not on ORCID
Under review
National Natural Science Foundation of China State
8 acknowledging works
Disclosed
Requests & referrals 2 waiting · 1 overdue
● WaitingReferral →Export Control
Export-control review
Sent Oct 2 · due Oct 15
Mark received
● OverdueRequest →Dana Vellacourt
Updated Current & Pending (Other) Support
Sent Sep 24 · due Oct 4 · 2 days overdue
Mark received
04 Defend

A case file that proves itself.

  • Every change is recorded in a tamper-evident chain your team can verify with one click.
  • Restricted, need-to-know cases for sensitive reviews.
  • A confidential case file: findings, referrals, the decision and its rationale, signature blocks, and the audit result.
Audit trail Verify
✓Verified — 10 chained entries since Sep 6, 2026
Fingerprint 733e6909eb60b9b63f08aa028ac770c8822b8a7543d5c6cc8123823c42df2d01
Opened
#1 · 2f8a…c41e
Sep 15
Finding settled
#4 · 91d0…77ab
Sep 28
Referral sent
#7 · b3e6…09f2
Oct 2
Proposed
#9 · 5c1d…e8a7
Oct 5
Approved
#10 · 733e…2d01
Oct 6

Each entry carries the fingerprint of the one before it. Edit, delete or reorder any entry and the chain breaks.

Decision & sign-off
Outcome
Disclosure corrected
Updated Current & Pending filed; sponsor notified.
Sign-off rule
Two Leads for serious outcomes
Proposed by one Lead, approved by a second.
Rationale · required to close

Visiting appointment confirmed from the 2022 letter and now disclosed. No current funding or shared laboratory. Updated Current & Pending verified against the appointment letter.

A closer look

The checks a CV never shows.

Two that research security offices ask about most, and six more that come with every record.

Funding cross-check

Who funded the work, and did they say so?

Every funder acknowledged on the researcher's papers, by country and by funder, checked against what they report on ORCID. Foreign state funders, talent programs, and funders that are themselves listed entities are called out. NIH and NSF awards are resolved by award number.

Funding & disclosure cross-check Sec. IV · funders acknowledged on 22 papers
National Science Foundation
13 papersOn ORCID
National Natural Science Foundation of China State funder
8 papersNot on ORCID
U.S. Department of Energy
2 papersNot on ORCID
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Listed entity
1 paperNot on ORCID
Overseas High-level Talent Recruitment Program Talent
1 paperNot on ORCID
By country: US 15 · CN 10Self-reported on ORCID: NSF onlySeen only on papers: 4 funders, 2 of them flagged
Disclosure check

Does the disclosure match the public record?

Load the Current & Pending (Other) Support and Biographical Sketch common forms, as PDF, Word or pasted text. Every item from the screening is checked line by line. Disclosed items are quoted; omissions tied to listed entities come first. The document is read in your browser and never uploaded.

Disclosure reconciliation read in your browser · never uploaded
3 not in disclosure (3 flagged)4 disclosedCurrent & Pending + Biosketch · look-back 3 years
Appointment · non-U.S. institution
Harbin Institute of Technology Critical
Visiting Professor · 2022–2026 · ORCID invited position
Not in disclosure
Talent program
Overseas High-level Talent Recruitment Program
Publication funder · 2023
Not in disclosure
Funding (ORCID)
National Science Foundation
"Title: CAREER: Ultra-high temperature ceramics by design (Current)"
Disclosed
DoW decision matrix

Know what the program office will see.

Every record is read against the four factors of the 2026 Department of War decision matrix, over its five-year window: prohibited-class, mitigation-class, check the disclosure, or nothing in the window, with the facts behind each.

US patents

Patents, including who filed first where.

USPTO filings matched by name and corroborated by institution or co-inventor. Foreign-first filings and federal funding statements are read, because that is what the matrix's patents factor asks.

Evidence archive

Keep the evidence as you saw it.

One click saves Wayback Machine copies of the ORCID record, every paper cited, and the authority lists behind each match. If a page changes later, your record still shows what it said.

Monitoring

Alerts that say what changed.

The roster is screened again on a schedule set by risk, and whenever the watchlist changes. An alert reads "new co-author tie: Beihang University, 2 papers, 2026", not just a number that moved.

Grant networks and two hops

The partners behind the papers.

Award numbers acknowledged on papers are looked up in NSF, NIH RePORTER, EU CORDIS and UKRI, and the partners checked against the watchlist. Two-hop shows the listed ties of the closest co-authors. Context only, never scored.

No ORCID needed

Screen researchers who never registered.

Researchers without an ORCID iD are screened from their OpenAlex publication cluster, with an identity caution carried on every page of the record.

Show your work

A score you can read, line by line.

When a researcher, counsel or a sponsor asks "why?", a number isn't an answer. Every SYSWERX score rests on findings you can read, each cited to the paper or record behind it. Nothing is predicted. Everything is cited.

  • Fixed rules, not a model. Nothing learned, nothing guessed.
  • Same facts, same answer. Same record, same watchlist, same engine version: the same score and the same ledger.
  • Every finding has a source. The paper or record, and the government list behind the entity.
  • Never an input. Nationality, ethnicity, national origin and name.
  • Replayable. Each record keeps its inputs, so it can be scored again later and compared line by line.

A clean result is never a clearance.

Cited findings
Direct affiliation
Harbin Institute of Technology · ORCID invited position, 2022 to present · cited government list
Network exposure
3 listed institutions reached through co-authors · Beihang University (6 papers), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dual-use topics
Hypersonics & advanced propulsion · AI & autonomy · Robotics & advanced manufacturing
Foreign state funding & talent programs
NSFC acknowledged on 8 papers · Overseas High-level Talent Recruitment Program (2023) · Huawei Technologies as a funder on co-authored papers
Record discrepancies
Northwestern Polytechnical University on 2 papers, not on the researcher's ORCID record
Score73 / 100
HIGH priority. A corroborated talent program within the past five years. 2026 DoW decision matrix, Factor 1 · CHIPS §10632
Sample record · fictional researcher

Scoring documentation is available to customers on request.

Case management

Every case, from triage to sign-off, in one place.

Flagged researchers without a case surface on their own. Your team works them on a shared board, and every step lands in the record.

Cases Eastbrook University · Research Security · 5 open
5
Open
2
Overdue
1
Escalated
3
Needs triage
3 researchers flagged without an open casefrom your monitoring roster · click to review
To review1
Wren Halvorby
ELEVATED 612d
In review2
Helen Achterhof
MODERATE 411d overdue
🔒 Marcus Ordale
HIGH 77AUOct 11
Escalated1
Dana Vellacourt
HIGH 73AU3d overdue
Awaiting approval1
Tomas Lindqvarn
ELEVATED 58LUOct 7
Triage

Nothing flagged slips through.

Researchers flagged without an open case go to a triage queue. Overdue, unassigned and escalated cases are counted at the top.

Team

Built for an office, not one analyst.

Lead, Analyst and Viewer roles. @mentions, assignments and in-app notifications. A second Lead's approval when your policy calls for it.

Program

Show the program works.

My Institution watches the whole roster, shows exposure by department, and exports a one-page program summary and a roster and case log for leadership.

Platform security

Defensible by design.

Signed
The watchlist is signed; screening stops if the signature doesn't verify
Audited
Every screening logged; every case change chained and verifiable
Every point
traces to a paper or record, and to the government list behind it
1
Engine behind every tool: same researcher, same score
The watchlist

Government lists, cited entity by entity.

  • Restricted and sanctioned entities from US and allied government lists, kept current.
  • Every match names the list and entry behind it.
  • If the signature doesn't verify, screening stops instead of returning an all-clear.
The platform

Built for sensitive work.

  • Scoring runs on the server. The logic and the watchlist never reach the browser.
  • Every screening is written to an audit log. Every case change is chained and verifiable.
  • Disclosure documents are read in your browser and never uploaded.
  • One active session per account, sign-out when the browser closes, and an idle timeout.
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