The authors of the explanatory dictionary of cyber security are Petr Jirásek, Josef Požár and Luděk Novák.
The null - unofficial version of the dictionary was published as part of the Security Manager's Workbook (ISBN 978-80-7251-364-2).
The first official version of the Czech explanatory dictionary of cyber security was published on the occasion of the TechNet Europe & ITTE 2012 international conference in May 2012 in Prague. The dictionary was published in cooperation with the authors by the Czech branch of AFCEA and the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague under ISBN 978-80-7251-378-9. The dictionary was sponsored by the National Security Office of the Czech Republic (NSB).
An electronic version of the dictionary was published in July 2012 (in PDF format with ISBN 978-80-7251-377-2).
In 2013, the dictionary was expanded and modified and a second version was created, which was again helped to publish by the Czech branch of AFCEA and the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague ( ISBN 978-80-7251-397-0).
In 2014, the Czech Republic adopted a law on cyber security. In connection with this, in 2015, the authors revised and fundamentally expanded the dictionary and, again in cooperation with the Czech branch of AFCEA and the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, published its third version ( ISBN 978-80-7251-436-6).
In 2019, a modified fourth edition was published, but it was not published as a book.
In the years 2020 - 2021, the dictionary continued to be expanded and updated, including with regard to new Czech and European legislation and the updating of some standards and norms. In 2022, the authors in cooperation with the Cyber Security Center, z.ú. and the Czech branch of AFCEA under the auspices of the National Office for Cyber and Information Security and with the professional support of the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague published the fifth updated and expanded edition (ISBN 978-80-908388-4-0).
The editor of the 1st to 5th editions of the dictionary was Milan Kný. The translator of the 1st to 5th editions of the dictionary was Karel Vavruška.
In the years 2024–2025, an extensive revision of the dictionary took place, resulting in the 6th edition. The author team remained unchanged. The editors of the 6th edition were: Petr Jirásek, Milan Kný, Hana Důbravová, and Pavel Vondruška. The translator of the 6th edition was Petr Jirásek.
The dictionary was published by the Cyber Security Centre, z.ú., under the auspices of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency and the Cyber Warfare Forces of the Czech Armed Forces, with expert support from the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague.
Electronic version of the dictionary (v. 6.10 - 1.5.2025) for download 
Awards
On February 14, 2014, as part of the 21st year of the DICTIONARY OF THE YEAR competition organized by the Union of Translators and Interpreters (JTP), in which 91 titles were entered, an expert jury composed of representatives of professional translation and interpreting organizations from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and other experts, awarded the electronic version of the Czech-English and English-Czech explanatory dictionary of cyber security the Jury Prize for an electronic dictionary.
Future plans
The authors are constantly supplementing and updating the dictionary. We are currently working on an encyclopedia of cyber security.
All information are subject to change. Last update by: 1.5.2025