DEFION Research Labs
DEFION Research Labs blends cutting-edge security research with real-time threat intelligence to stay ahead of modern adversaries. Our mission goes beyond technology: we actively contribute to societal security through public–private collaboration, ensuring our insights deliver real-world impact.
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Contributing to a more secure and resilient digital world
DEFION Research Labs is the advanced research division of DEFION - a place where cutting-edge security research, threat intelligence, and technical curiosity converge. From our dedicated lab environment, our specialists investigate complex security challenges, uncover unknown vulnerabilities, and dissect emerging attack techniques. Our mission is simple, but ambitious: to make the digital world safer and more resilient.
As cyber threats grows in sophistication and scale, we refuse to stand still. We push forward, staying one step ahead of adversaries by analysing undiscovered vulnerabilities, mapping new attack surfaces, and generating insights that strengthen both our clients’ security and society’s digital resilience.

Background: actively powered by DEFION, driven by impact
DEFION Research Labs grew out of DEFION’s earlier internal research initiatives, a space where pentesters and security engineers developed new ideas, explored technologies they were passionate about, and contributed to projects with societal value. These early efforts accelerated innovation inside DEFION and helped our specialists grow beyond their day-to-day assignments.
By 2020, our ambitions had surpassed what part-time research could achieve. To stay ahead of evolving threats, and to meaningfully contribute to the broader security ecosystem, we committed dedicated time, people, and resources to full-scale research and intell gathering.

Projects & Contact
All of our published research projects can be found on this site. We are always working on new research, which will be published here when possible.
If you would like to contact us, you can find our contact details on our contact page. For example if you have an intresting research proposol for us, or if you would like to find out if we would be available to give a presentation at your security conference or event. For tours and visiting we are open for students or fellow researchers.

Contact us
The quickest way to reach us is either via mail or by phone.
Our email address is [email protected], or give us a call on +31 (0)88 733 13 37