2026
The CZ.NIC Association is launching a new website featuring modern visuals, a clearer structure, and a comprehensive range of services
The CZ.NIC Association, the Czech national domain administrator, is unveiling the new design of its official website. The website links together the …
The CSIRT.CZ National Security Team Launches the “Guardians of the Internet” Service
The CSIRT.CZ National Security Team, coordinated by the CZ.NIC Association, is launching the “Guardians of the Internet” service, which aims to stand…
Czech Republic to participate in Cyber Europe 2026, Europe’s largest cyber crisis exercise
Cyber Europe 2026, Europe's largest exercise focused on testing the readiness of organizations and government institutions to respond to large-scale …
CZ.NIC Joins the CyberINTEL-X Project Intended to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Europe
The CZ.NIC Association, the Czech national domain administrator, has joined the international consortium of the CyberINTEL-X project, which aims to s…
Turris Omnia NG Wired: a quiet 10Gbps router for racks and beyond, with an emphasis on security
The Turris Omnia NG Wired is primarily designed for installation in racks and infrastructure facilities such as server rooms and network cabinets.
The…
Domain Report 2025: Growth in domain numbers accelerated, secure domains also grew significantly
By the end of last year, the number of registered domain names totaled more than 1.5 million, marking a 2.04% year-on-year increase. Meanwhile, the n…
2025
The secure open-source router Turris Omnia NG is now on sale
Interested parties can purchase it at Discomp e-shop. Turris Omnia NG builds on the security, reliability, stability, and modularity of the previous …
Věra Mikušová from CZ.NIC heads the Steering Committee of the international organization TF-CSIRT
[Press Release]The TF-CSIRT organization brings together not only security teams that deal with cyber security incidents (CERT, CSIRT), but also othe…
Turris Omnia NG: a new generation of the secure router by CZ.NIC was presented at LinuxDays 2025
Turris Omnia NG builds on the security, reliability, stability, and modularity of the previous Turris Omnia model. Compared to the previous generatio…
The CZ.NIC Association has a new Chairman of the Board
The five-member team is now headed by Tomáš Košňar, who replaced Karel Taft; the latter had been Chairman of the Board for the past 15 years and did …
Pavel Bašta of CZ.NIC was inducted into the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame
The Information Security Summit (IS2) is held once a year by the company TATE International. This event includes a ceremonial induction into the Cybe…
ICANN83 Policy Forum Set for Prague Amid Key Milestones
This year's Policy Forum also emphasizes broad participation for both seasoned stakeholders and new participants. The format is designed to support w…
CZ.NIC will seek review of alternative dispute resolution rules before the Supreme Court
With regard to legal certainty and transparency, the Association has decided to turn to the Supreme Court and is ready to seek an optimal procedure t…
CZ.NIC association hosts domains with Danish national extension
The cooperation with Punktum DK company extends the activities of the Czech national domain administrator, adding the Danish top-level domain to the …
The CZ.NIC Association has released the 2024 Domain Report
At the end of last year, CZ.NIC registered 1,485,493 domains with the .CZ extension, with the 2024 registrations peaking in November (22,311) and dro…
CZ.NIC association to provide the Czech state with the registry and operation of the gov.cz domain
The Czech national domain administrator, CZ.NIC association, has been successful in an open tender for the operation of the system and infrastructure…
2024
CZ.NIC to change wholesale domain price next year
Until now, the wholesale price of the Czech national domain name was CZK 145 (excluding VAT), so it is an increase of CZK 15.
Starting from March 1st …
CZ.NIC has increased the bandwidth of the national Internet node to 510Gbit
The Czech national domain administrator has boosted the capacity of the first link to the national Internet interconnection hub NIX.CZ to 400Gbit.
The…
CZ.NIC bolsters its .CZ DNS anycast by launching a new site in Los Angeles
This continues the Czech national domain administrator’s expansion of its own DNS infrastructure worldwide and strengthening of the robustness of its…
RIPE NCC’s 89th International Meeting begins today in Prague
The 89th conference (RIPE 89) of this organization is hosted by the CZ.NIC Association, the Czech national domain administrator.
The meeting of networ…
The DIA Will Again Entrust The CZ.NIC With The Operation Of The International Gateway eIDAS
The international gateway eIDAS enables access to online services of the public sector using the login methods notified by other EU Member States, wh…
Europe's Largest Drill To Test Its Preparedness For A Major Cyber Crisis
In the case of the Czech Republic, one of the main coordinators is the CZ.NIC Association, through the CSIRT.CZ security team run by the Czech nation…
Anyone can now get the domain of their dreams. .CZ domain auctions are on
The first auction of approximately 600 domains will take place on Thursday, May 16 in the Domain Browser.
advokatinfo.cz, hint.cz, evca.cz, dro.cz, do…
A new book from CZ.NIC Publications will guide you on becoming a guardian while online
The richly illustrated book is intended primarily for young readers who want to know how to behave safely on the Internet and what to be wary of.
Prot…
CZ.NIC Ensures Hosting Of The Ukrainian National Domain .UA
The Czech national domain administrator now also hosts the Ukrainian top-level domain .UA on its DNS hosting anycast, along with several important su…
CZ.NIC Is Further Strengthening The Anycast DNS Of The .CZ Zone By Launching A Site In Ukraine
Ukraine became the 14th country in addition to the Czech Republic where the Czech National Domain Administrator has a DNS anycast site; CZ.NIC server…
CZ.NIC introduces VIP Domain, a new premium service with DATART.cz as the first client
The VIP Domain service is intended for organizations and businesses that value security, 100% functionality and availability of their services operat…
2023
The CZ NIC association presents a new book on DNS. The authors are Pavel Satrapa and Ondřej Filip
The book introduces the reader not only to the basic principles of the domain name system, but also to security, both in terms of the data provided a…
CZ.NIC cooperated on another season of the successful series Dataville
[Press Release]The popular animated series Dataville is returning to ČT :D (Déčko) channel with the aim of introducing young viewers to various areas…
Věra Mikušová from CZ.NIC was elected to the Steering Committee of the international organization TF
TF-CSIRT brings together security teams from Europe and neighboring regions and works closely with similar organizations around the world. The main o…
CZ.NIC bolsters its .CZ DNS anycast by launching a new site in Sydney
The DNS node in the Sydney datacenter should help with better availability and lower query latency not only for the .CZ domain and its users, but als…
CZ.NIC Publications: Martin Malý’s new book will introduce you to Micro:bit in detail
The book is suitable for both beginners and more advanced users who already have experience with electronics and programming.
The new publication of t…
This Year's Internet and Technology Conference Under The Auspices Of LinuxDays 2023
The Internet and Technology (23) conference will take place on October 7 at the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University (…
SIC ČR and CSIRT.CZ are to audit the security of webs and applications of educational institutions
The new service is intended to enable regular security checks of websites and other applications that educational organizations run and put online.
Th…
CZ.NIC association marks 25 years since its foundation
On Thursday, May 21, 1998, the CZ.NIC association, the administrator of the Czech national domain was established. In September 1999 the association …
CZ.NIC is further strengthening the anycast DNS of the .CZ zone by launching a site in South Africa
The connection of CZ.NIC DNS servers to the oldest peering node in Africa, which is the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX), should help improve av…
CZ.NIC Association has become part of a consortium that will examine the concept of the EUDI Wallet
The EWC pilot project will focus primarily on the use of the wallet in the context of travel and the digital identity of an organization. Its outputs…
2022 Domain Report – Czech national domain in figures
The CZ.NIC association, the Czech national domain administrator, has published the 2022 Domain Report. The data shows that last year the number of do…
Ondřej Filip elected to the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group
The MAG members represent the interests of governments, the private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities from a…
2022
The CZ.NIC Labs will be headed by Josef Chomyn, long-time Chairman of the Board of NIX.CZ
Ladislav Lhotka, the current head of the CZ.NIC Labs, will become the CZ.NIC Technical Partner, who will participate in selected projects, especially…
RIPE NCC Board Selects New Chair
The Executive Board is pleased to announce that Ondřej Filip has been appointed as the new Chair with effect from 1 September 2022. Filip succeeds Ch…
mojeID users now have access to public service web portals in most European countries
The mojeID service, with almost 870,000 user accounts, is the first non-governmental Czech authentication tool to enable this for Czech citizens.
Sinc…
The operation of the Ukrainian domain registry is ensured by servers in the Czech Republic
The project is coordinated by the CZ.NIC and NIX.CZ associations.
After the start of active hostilities in Ukraine, the CZ.NIC association offered its…
CZ.NIC called on the government to take a conceptual approach to the problem of misinfo domains
The intention of the CZ.NIC Association was to prevent the threat to computer security that was caused by the electronic dissemination of such inform…
2021 Domain Report: What was the past year like for the Czech national domain?
The CZ.NIC Association has published its annual Domain Report, in which it draws attention to interesting data associated with the .CZ domain. Last y…
CZ. NIC has connected the portal for Czech domain holders to the eIDAS network
In December, the Czech national domain administrator completed the integration of support for national electronic identities (eID) into the FRED regi…
2021
The mojeID service now offers verification at the level of assurance “high”
Activation of the level of assurance “high” requires the use of a user password and a physical security key with FIDO certification of the minimum le…
CZ.NIC, the national domain registry for the Czech Republic join LINX NoVA
CZ.NIC, the national domain registry for the Czech Republic is one of the latest networks to join LINX NoVA, the US regional interconnection facility…
MojeID service was granted accreditation at the guarantee level “high”
This security class, which is the highest, requires the use of a user password and a FIDO2 security key with a PIN, which is based on a certified pla…
The Czech national domain administrator has published an overview of statistics for 2020
The CZ.NIC Association published the 2020 Domain Report, which showed, among other things, that the COVID-19 pandemic also had an impact on the devel…