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Awards

Prizes VORNAC has received for the platform, with the awarding body and date.

Best Disruption

EuroCloud Award 2026 ·

Winner of the Best Disruption category at the EuroCloud Summit 2026 in Cologne, elected by the summit participants after a top-three nomination. Organised by EuroCloud Deutschland_eco e.V.

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Best of Technology 2026

WirtschaftsWoche, Cybersecurity category ·

Finalist in the Cybersecurity category, awarded the rating Excellent. Fraunhofer ISI is the award's scientific partner.

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Coverage

Reports, interviews and trade-journal articles about VORNAC in specialist and business media, newest first.

Article

CIO

Wenn der KI-Agent zum Pentester wird

Analysis of continuous AI-driven pentesting: Arthur Raess on the snapshot trap of the annual pentest, operation on German infrastructure, evidence for NIS2 and DORA.

by Manfred Bremmer

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Computerwoche

Wenn der KI-Agent zum Pentester wird

Feature on VORNAC's approach: continuous pentesting with a proprietary model and no external AI services, from a German cloud or on premises, instead of point-in-time tests.

by Manfred Bremmer

Trade-journal article

et Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen

Vom Messpunkt zum Steuerpunkt: Die neue Angriffsfläche der Verteilnetze

Why section 14a of the German Energy Industry Act turns the grid connection from a metering point into a control point, where the attack surface behind the smart meter gateway emerges and why annual penetration tests no longer provide proof of effectiveness.

by Arthur RaessVol. 76 (2026), No. 9, pp. 27 to 29PDF

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Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung

Ihr KI-Agent ist so kreativ wie ein Hacker

Profile of the Heidelberg company: Arthur Raess and André Feigenbutz train their agent on behaviour rather than knowledge, drawing on 20 years in the hacker and IT scene.

by Alexander WenischRNZ+ (paywall)

Our publications

Papers and articles from the company, citable with date and author.

Company at a glance

Company profile and facts for free use in editorial content.

Company profile

VORNAC GmbH, based in Heidelberg, develops a platform for continuous, autonomous penetration testing. An AI-driven agent tests production systems with real attack techniques, chains vulnerabilities into attack paths and delivers audit-ready reports with reproducible evidence within hours. Operation and data storage take place exclusively in German data centres. Customers are regulated companies that have to provide evidence under NIS2, DORA, KRITIS, TISAX and ISO/IEC 27001. VORNAC was founded in 2025 by André Feigenbutz and Arthur Raess, is a member of TeleTrusT Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit e.V. and a partner of the BSI's Alliance for Cyber Security.

One-liner

VORNAC GmbH, Heidelberg: platform for continuous, autonomous penetration testing with audit-ready evidence for regulated companies, operated exclusively in German data centres.

Facts

Company
VORNAC GmbH
Founded
2025 in Heidelberg, Germany
Founders and managing directors
André Feigenbutz, Arthur Raess
Registered office
Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Ring 5, 69124 Heidelberg
Commercial register
HRB 757584, Amtsgericht Mannheim
Services
Continuous pentesting, assumed breach simulation, CTEM, OT pentesting
Data residency
German data centres run by German operators only
Memberships
TeleTrusT Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit e.V., Alliance for Cyber Security (BSI)
Seal
IT Security made in Germany (TeleTrusT)

Press kit

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Founders André Feigenbutz and Arthur Raess

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Research paper on the VORNAC agent (May 2026)

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Trade-journal article in et, issue 9/2026

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Speakers

The founders are available for interviews, background briefings and guest articles.

André Feigenbutz and Arthur Raess, founders of VORNAC

André Feigenbutz

Co-founder and Managing Director

Arthur Raess

Co-founder and Managing Director

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Press contact

Journalists can reach us at presse@vornac.com. We arrange interviews with the founders, background briefings on continuous penetration testing, figures and images, and usually reply on the same working day.

Angelina Deibert

Founders Associate, VORNAC GmbH

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