About ARMA

Why we’re here

Founded in 2018 with backing from industry and capital investors, ARMA Instruments was built by cybersecurity experts with deep experience in offensive security research and advanced threat mitigation. Led by CEO Pim Donkers (Netherlands) and CTO Joel Eriksson (Sweden), our mission is to redefine secure communications through a zero-trust approach, eliminating vulnerabilities that conventional solutions leave exposed. With headquarters in the Netherlands and Switzerland, ARMA is supported by an influential consortium of industry investors, cybersecurity partners, and experts.

“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence”

Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Article 12
Proclaimed in 1948 by the United Nations

Challenges we solve

ARMA has developed a secure data communications framework designed for broad application across industries, eliminating traditional vulnerabilities such as static identifiers, centralized points of failure, and metadata exposure. With the ARMA G1 as its first implementation, its core features—including Dynamic Identity, serverless architecture, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC)—extend far beyond mobile communications. This framework enables secure, highly obfuscated communications, making it significantly more resistant to tracking and interception across a wide range of applications, from drone operations and command-and-control networks to legacy system upgrades and next-generation secure infrastructure. ARMA’s technology provides a future-proof foundation for any system where data integrity, operational security, and anonymity are essential.

Our mission

To provide absolute communications and data- security, based on zero-trust principles, while being transparent in organization and technology. We stay politically neutral.

Pim Donkers

Chief Executive Officer | President of the Board

Joel Eriksson

Chief Technology Officer

Abram Schermer

Chief Commercial Officer

Alex Smirnoff

Chief Information Security Officer | Advisor to the Board

Manfred Wittenbols

Director of IT

Oliver Nedela

Chief Financial Officer | Secretary of the Board

Rob Staalstra

Business Development Executive

Tijn Benedek

Director of Marketing