Martin Hromada

Prof. Ing. Martin Hromada, Ph.D. serves as Associate Professor at the Institute of Security Engineering within the Faculty of Applied Informatics at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. His academic career spans over a decade with significant contributions to national security research and critical infrastructure protection.

His educational qualifications include:

• 2018: Habilitation (doc.) in Safety and Fire Protection from VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava
• 2008-2011: Ph.D. in Engineering Informatics from Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2003-2008: Master's degree (Ing.) in Security Technologies, Systems and Management from Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Hromada's research focuses on critical infrastructure resilience and physical protection system evaluation, with particular emphasis on convergent security frameworks and real-time threat assessment. His work integrates engineering principles with security policy development, addressing vulnerabilities in both physical and information infrastructure through methodological innovations in risk analysis and early warning systems.

As principal investigator, he leads multiple national security projects including:

• Project VI20172019073: Identification and protection methods for soft targets in the Czech Republic
• Project VI20172019054: Analytical programming module for real-time resilience assessment
• Project VI20152019049 (RESILIENCE 2015): Dynamic resilience assessment of interrelated critical infrastructure subsystems

Hromada holds influential positions across security governance structures including the Ministry of Interior's expert group for security research evaluation, the Energy Security Technology Platform's board of directors, and international advisory roles with Slovak Republic's critical infrastructure legislation committees.