We are a team of professionals dealing with information and cyber security who share the same core values. Together, we are Guardians.cz
Our values
Security dealt with a complex approach
Integrity, trustiness, and reliability
Focus on quality of services with their added value for our customer
Transparency towards our customers
An effort for long-term cooperation with satisfied customers
To be an example to our customers
We are ISO/IEC 27001:2023 certified
In the field of information and cyber security, we go beyond words. To demonstrate our expertise and reliability not only to ourselves but especially to our customers, we have implemented an Information Security Management System (ISMS) in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO/IEC 27001:2023. This system applies particularly to our services in cyber security and the provision of cybersecurity management services.
In October 2024, we successfully passed our initial certification and can now proudly present our certificate, which confirms our professionalism and commitment to security. We offer our customers the assurance that we handle their information according to the highest standards and that we are a trusted provider of cybersecurity services.
Our team
Martin Konečný, MBA, CISM
+420 736 709 865
Besides being the founder of Guardians.cz, Martin is also a freelance cyber security consultant and auditor with over 10 years of experience. His work primarily focuses on Czech Cyber Security Act and implementing its requirements into practice, ISMS, security of low-code / no-code and AI implementations, and more…
He holds an IT Management and Information Management degree from the Brno University of Technology and Enterprise Infrastructure Management MBA degree at the same university.
During his work, he has designed agendas and processes involving cyber security regulation and audits as part of his work at the National Security Authority (CZ NSA Office) and later at the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (CZ NCISA).
His accomplishments also include leading and creating a project on developing Decree No. 82/2018 Coll. on cyber security, structuring an agenda for personal data protection (GDPR) at an international company, and acting as Cyber & Information Security Manager in the energy sector.
Martin is also a co-author of several books, e.g.: Cyber (!)security. Security issues in cyberspace and Managing cyber and information security. He is also an author of numerous specialist articles, most recently focused on cyber security regulation issues and the EU's NIS and NIS2 directives.
In the spring of 2022, he founded an expert community CyberSecurityPlatform.cz which was created in order to connect with other IT/Cyber security experts in collaboration with university students in a similar field. This platform allows its members to share their experience and content of their own, to be part of creating supporting materials, etc.
Jakub Bittner
Jakub is one of the senior members of the Guardians.cz team. He has been professionally in the field of cyber security since 2009 when he became a Linux System Administrator for the National Security Authority, where he was responsible for developing Linux servers and desktops. After the creation of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB), Jakub was responsible for constructing a data center for a new Agency, for which he would become a Cyber Security Analyst focusing on network analysis and Linux. After one year, Jakub decided to go into the commercial field and became an Information Security Analyst for Red Hat company. In Red Hat, he was given the opportunity to determine which area of cyber security he was interested in and decided to focus on security systems and infrastructure. He built his own team of people who deal with this issue, and he now holds the role of Manager, Security Infrastructure.
In Guardians.cz, Jakub specializes in the security of cloud services, Unix/Linux platforms, and networks.
Jakub Lehečka
Jakub currently holds the position of junior consultant, pentester in the Guardians.cz team.
During his studies at high school specializing in computer network administration and then at a higher technical school in the field of system administrator, he discovered his passion for penetration testing and red teaming.
In addition to his workload, he is actively expanding his knowledge and skills by completing certification programs in cyber security. Some of the certifications he has attained include eJPT (Junior Penetration Tester) and eCPPT (Professional Penetration Tester), which demonstrate competency in performing complex testing processes and producing expert reports with recommendations for correcting identified vulnerabilities. In addition, he has completed courses such as the Cybersecurity Managers Course from NCIS, Ethical Hacker from Cisco, and an online course in Cybersecurity from Harvard University.
In his spare time, Jakub works on a personal project where he configures individual elements of the Red Team infrastructure. The goal is to create a functional unit to run operations securely. Jakub believes that by understanding the whole process, he will gain the know-how to create simulations and be able to capitalize on it to test the resilience of customers' security measures. He will also use the project in his graduate thesis on "Gaining initial access by leveraging social engineering".
His previous position was at innogy, where he was involved in security awareness training for both operational technology (OT) staff and general users. He also actively delivered workshops to demonstrate common cyber attacks from both the attacker's and victim's perspective. Among other things, he has been analyzing phishing emails.
Marek Chlup
Marek is the youngest and oldest member of the Guardians.cz team. He divides his portfolio between two areas. He is an independent consultant in the field of ISO 27001, ISO 20000 and TISAX and is also a certification auditor for several certification bodies.
He started his practice in the 1990s as head of implementation and integration of information systems at Jihomoravská plynárenská and then after the merger at innogy. He was appointed head of the cyber security department and his main task was to ensure secure interconnection of large-scale data systems, security of end devices and data centres. In 2009 he started working as a freelancer.
During his working career, Marek has been involved in many major projects both in the government sector and in the private sector, focused on the implementation of ISMS, BCMS, Service Management System and TISAX requirements. In recent years he has become a certification auditor for ISO standards and is a CIA technical expert for ISO 27001.
Zuzana Strachová
Zuzana holds the position of Knowledge Manager in the Guardians.cz team, where she builds on her professional experience in the field of cybersecurity.
She graduated in "Management Informatics" and "Information Management" at Brno University of Technology, where her final thesis dealt with the analysis of web application vulnerabilities and the implementation of cybersecurity tools. For her work she received the Dean's award.
She has three years of experience in the field, during which she specialised in Security Awareness Training and the practical implementation of cyber law requirements in critical infrastructure. She is co-author of the book Kybernetická (ne)bezpečnost: Problematika bezpečnosti v kyberprostoru (Cyber (In)Security: Security Issues in Cyberspace), and a graduate of the NÚKIB Cyber Security Managers Course.
In her spare time she is interested in modern knowledge management methods and their practical application.
Vanesa Marenišťáková
Vanesa studied English Language and Literature with a focus on Applied Linguistics at MUNI in Brno. She had the opportunity to improve her language skills during a semester in the USA and now helps others by giving individual English lessons. She has experience as a project manager in a translation company in Brno and as an assisstant manager in a small gastro company, where she gained experience in running a small franchise. She is part of the Czechitas community, where she is a workshopist and also a course participant. In the Guardians.cz team, she works as a Business Support Coordinator / Backoffice Manager and also helps develop the CyberSecurityPlatform.cz expert community. In her spare time, she educates herself in the field of cybersecurity and profiles herself for a project manager position.
