Our Mission

We exist to give organizations clarity and confidence in the moments that matter.
Venation turns complex risks into actionable practice - helping teams see what’s coming, decide faster, and strengthen resilience every time they train.

Our Team

Leadership

Gert-Jan Bruggink, Founder & CEO

After building and leading threat intelligence teams at Fortune 500 companies, Gert-Jan founded Venation to bridge the gap between threat information and practically implementing defenses. His experience spans 15+ years in cybersecurity leadership roles.

Martyn Gill, Fractional COO

After more than two decades in military, government and industry cybersecurity leadership, Martyn Gill co-founded ORNA Inc to innovate the field of incident response and established various venture studio initiatives to help entrepreneurs win. 

Our Global Team

We’re a distributed group of scenario designers, facilitators, and analysts - united by the belief that resilience should be something people do, not just document.

We're Different By Design

• Practitioners First: Our team has managed real security operations, not just advised from the sidelines
• Co-Creation Model: We develop scenarios with active security professionals from industry to ensure practical relevance
• Implementation Focus: Every scenario includes step-by-step guides that security teams can deploy immediately
• Global Perspective: Our virtual-first team spans multiple continents, providing 24/7 threat monitoring

From Frustration to Solution

• Gert-Jan experiences firsthand how traditional threat intelligence fails security teams in crisis
• 2021: Venation officially founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 2022: Initial concept developed to transform threat reports into implementation scenarios
• 2023: First major enterprise clients adopt the scenario-based approach
• 2024: Platform expansion, including implementation guides and GitHub integration
• 2025: Global team growth and launch of managed services offering