Brian Cute Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Cyber Alliance

At its March meeting, the Global Cyber Alliance’s Board of Directors appointed Brian Cute GCA’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Cute has served as Interim CEO since September 2025, when founding CEO Philip Reitinger retired. Under Cute’s leadership, GCA is accelerating its work of bringing people together to strengthen the Internet’s foundations and delivering practical tools that prevent cyber attacks for everyday Internet users. A Two-Front Strategy for Cybersecurity As cyber threats continue to grow, GCA is focused on protecting the Internet across two critical fronts. - Strengthening the Internet’s Infrastructure GCA advances efforts to secure the foundational systems that keep the Internet running. This includes improving routing security, reducing abuse in the domain name system, and measuring the overall security of the Internet in a way that stimulates collective action to improve it. GCA’s Internet Integrity Program brings together key players in Internet infrastructure operations, including ecosystem institutions, network operator groups, ISPs and other infrastructure operators, as well as adjacent industries, to identify top priorities for addressing cybersecurity issues that cannot be solved by any single actor or subset of actors independently. - Helping People Be More Secure Online Simultaneously, GCA works to protect individuals and organizations as they use the Internet. People and communities around the world need cybersecurity education, training, and support to use the Internet securely, protect their organizations, and avoid cybercrime. GCA’s Capacity & Resilience Program delivers training, tools, and resources to improve resilience to cyber risk, especially focusing on underserved and under-resourced communities like small and medium-sized enterprises (SMSEs). This dual approach recognizes that even a secure Internet infrastructure cannot fully protect users without widespread adoption of basic cyber hygiene, and even the most vigilant Internet users remain exposed if the underlying infrastructure is vulnerable. Leadership for the Next Chapter As CEO, Brian Cute will lead GCA’s efforts to scale this integrated strategy globally, building on the organization’s first decade of impact while adapting to a rapidly evolving threat landscape. “GCA’s next chapter is about global collaboration, building cyber resilience, and closing the gaps that criminals exploit so that people and organizations everywhere can operate with greater confidence online,” Cute said. “This work will not be easy, but with our partners around the world, I’m confident we can drive meaningful change. I’m grateful to the Board for their trust and look forward to what we will accomplish together.” From Milestone to Momentum The transition from interim to permanent CEO signals continuity and commitment at a time when the stakes for cybersecurity have never been higher. GCA’s first decade demonstrated what’s possible when organizations work together to reduce cyber risk. Its next chapter is about accelerating that progress: strengthening the Internet itself while ensuring that the people who rely on it every day are better protected.