CZ.NIC, z. s. p. o., is an interest association of legal entities, founded in 1998 by leading providers of Internet services. The association currently has 117 members. The key activities of the association include operation of the domain name registry for the .CZ domain, operation of the CZ top-level domain and public education in the area of domain names. The association is now intensively working on development of the DNSSEC technology and MojeID service, extension and improvements of the domain administration system and support of new technologies and projects beneficial to the Internet infrastructure in the Czech Republic. The Association also operates the CZ.NIC-CSIRT internal security team and, since 2011, the Czech CSIRT team – CSIRT.CZ. Since 2013 the Association is a member of the security project FENIX. CZ.NIC is a member of international organizations uniting similar organizations around the world (CENTR, ccNSO and more) and a member of the EURid association, managing the European domain .EU.

CZ.NIC protects the confidentiality of assets from unauthorized disclosure. The Association implements its security policy consistently, systematically and economically. In 2013, the Czech national domain administrator was granted the internationally recognized certification for information security management system (ISMS) complying with ISO 27001.

More about the activities of the CZ.NIC association can be found in the concept of the association (PDF, 198 kB).

Association bodies

Highest body of CZ.NIC is General Assembly. There are also collegium, board of directors and supervisory board. These persons are member of these boards:

Collegium

On behalf of chamber of domain name holders

doc. JUDr. PhDr. Marek Antoš, Ph.D., LL.M.
Ing. Jan Gruntorád, CSc.
Ing. Bedřich Košata, Ph. D.
Ing. Dan Ohnesorg
Mgr. Jan Redl
RNDr. Karel Taft, MBA

On behalf of chamber of ISP

Tomáš Dragon
Ing. Tomáš Košňar
Mgr. Vlastimil Pečínka
Zbyněk Pospíchal
Marcel Procházka
Dr. Milan Švácha, MSc, MBA, LL.M.

On behalf of chamber of registrars

Ing. Ilona Filípková
Ing. Martin Kukačka
Bc. Stanislav Kysela
Martina Pohořelická
Lukáš Polanský
Erich Syrovátka

Government representatives

Bc. Zina Bumbálková
JUDr. Lenka Náhlovská
Ing. RNDr. Jiří Peterka

Board of directors

RNDr. Karel Taft, MBA - chairman
JUDr. PhDr. Marek Antoš, LL.M., Ph.D. - vice-chairman
Ing. Ilona Filípková
Ing. Tomáš Košňar
Ing. Martin Kukačka

Supervisory board

Mgr. Jan Redl - chairman
Mgr. Vlastimil Pečínka
Ing. Jan Gruntorád, CSc.