An official program of the Emerging Technologies Laboratory
ETL
OPSEC Gauntlet

16 Sector Chiefs · 16 CISA Critical Infrastructure Sectors · Independent Review Panel

§ Schedule of Fees

Six ways in. One standard.

You do not buy a verdict here. You buy the review that produces one.

Every tier below runs the same way: subject-matter experts apply a sector-specific risk model to your concept and tell you what they find, in the words they would use if you were not in the room. Some tiers put you in front of one specialist. Some put you in front of sixteen. What none of them do is soften the finding to keep you comfortable. Start where your concept actually is — you can walk further up the corridor later.

§ 1 · Entry

The Gap-Finder

$19
One concept · one pass

The Office of Concept Integrity is the first stop on the corridor for a reason. Before anyone assesses whether your idea is good, someone has to establish whether it is new — and whether the claims holding it up are actually supported. You get a structured literature and prior-work gap screen: what already exists, where your claims outrun your evidence, and where the genuine white space sits.

For the concept that has never been checked against the record.

Buy — $19 →
§ 2 · Targeted

A Corridor Office

$39
One office · one concept

The corridor runs past a row of specialist offices, each one holding a different lens: structure, legal exposure, human factors, financial architecture, risk discipline, discoverability, visual presentation, dual-use potential. Pick the door that matches the weakness you already suspect. One office, one focused session, one specialist working your concept from their discipline alone.

For the concept with a known soft spot.

Buy — $39 →
§ 3 · The Panel

The Chamber

$89
One concept · full evaluation

The hall opens and the panel is seated. Three sector chiefs are assigned to your concept — the platform recommends, the final pick is yours — and the rest of the room weighs in. Eight operational dimensions, math-driven scoring, no grade curve. You leave with a routing report: not a verdict on whether your idea is good, but a map of exactly where it goes next.

For the concept you believe is ready.

Buy — $89 →
§ 5 · Direct

Standalone Consult

$249
One specialist · direct session

Skip the panel entirely. If you already know your market and face one specific legal, technical, or positioning obstacle, a broad eight-dimension evaluation is the wrong instrument. Book a direct session with a single Operational Specialist and get execution-ready deliverables in their discipline — the kind of work you would otherwise take to a boutique firm at several times the price.

For the operator who needs one thing done properly.

Buy — $249 →
§ 6 · Standing Access

The OPSEC Pass

Most concepts do not survive first contact with the panel intact, and they are not supposed to. The Pass is for the people who take the findings, rebuild, and come back — repeatedly. Standing access to the review process, with your submission history retained so each pass is measured against the last one rather than starting cold. Cancel whenever you decide you are done iterating.

$39
Per month
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What you are actually buying.

A structured operational review and the findings it produces. Not an endorsement, not an introduction, not a funding decision, and not legal, financial, or regulatory advice. The sector chiefs apply real risk models and tell you what those models surface. What you do with that is yours.

Where to start if you are not sure.

Start at the Gap-Finder. Nineteen dollars is a cheap way to learn that the thing you have been building for eight months already exists — and a cheaper way to learn it than the alternative. If it clears that screen, the corridor is still there.

Payment.

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The panel doesn't know you're coming.

It won't go easier on you for that.

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