We built Modat because existing tools were too slow, too fragmented and too limited in context to help defenders stay ahead. European by design. Global by ambition.
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Soufian is a researcher, ethical hacker, and entrepreneur. Next to founder and CEO of Modat, he is the Head of Research at CSIRT.global, and finalising a PhD at Leiden University, where he focuses on threat actor attribution and hacking automation. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences, including RISE, FIRST, FS-ISAC, and others.
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Co-Founder & COO
Co-Founder & COO
Vincent is a veteran cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of experience spanning finance, government, and technology. He has served in key roles such as Head of Operations for ING Bank’s CISO department, CISO at Cybersprint, and Deputy CISO at Darktrace. As COO of Modat, Vincent drives strategic initiatives, compliance, and operational excellence to support innovation and growth. Vincent is a former FS-ISAC board member and current CSIRT.global board member.
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Co-Founder & CFO
Co-Founder & CFO
Maarten is a recognised expert in finance and strategic company growth. After a decade-long tenure in the Dutch and London banking industry, he was the co-founder of a successful renewable energy project development company. As CFO of cybersecurity start-up Cybersprint, he was a key contributor to growing the company to an acquisition by globally recognised Darktrace in 2022.
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Ramy is a former Chief Security Officer with over 25 years of global experience in cybersecurity, data privacy and technology management. He was Chief Cyber Solutions Officer at Cloudflare, leading advanced cybersecurity initiatives and the CxO Transformation Partners team: field executives (CTOs, CSOs, CIOs) partnering with enterprise customers to drive digital transformation and strengthen cyber defences. He has held senior roles at BNP Paribas, British Telecom in Europe, Accenture and Visa Inc. Ramy is also the Founding Chair and Cyber Happiness Officer of the Cyber Poverty Line Institute, championing digital equality and cyber inclusion. He holds degrees from McGill, Northwestern and Duke.
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Georges is a global cybersecurity executive with deep experience in cyber risk, resilience, and large-scale security transformation across complex, highly regulated environments. He has held senior leadership roles at Etihad Aviation Group, Thales Group, EDGE Group, and Network International, leading enterprise-wide cybersecurity, governance, and operational security programs across IT and OT. He has also contributed to global initiatives on systemic cyber risk and digital resilience with the World Economic Forum, engaging closely with public- and private-sector leaders.
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John is Vice-President of Threat Intelligence Strategy at Trellix, where his team works to detect, understand, and disrupt cyber adversaries, delivering intelligence-led solutions for customers and global partners. Before Trellix, he served with the Dutch National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), supervising numerous large-scale cybercrime investigations and takedowns. He is a co-founder of the No More Ransom Project and a member of the Europol EC3 advisory group on internet security.
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We would rather publish rigorous research that changes how the industry thinks than content that simply attracts attention.
Every investigation, workflow and conversation with our customers helps shape what we build next.
Trust is built by consistently delivering what we said we would, when we said we would.
People define goals and exercise judgement while agents execute with speed and scale. The role of technology is to amplify human decision-making, never replace it.
