Outpaced by AI: Can Radical Collaboration Save Small Business from Cyber Extinction?
The human-speed defense of small business is being obliterated by the machine-speed offense of AI-driven cybercrime. Today, what large companies treat as a manageable risk is a terminal expense for small enterprises, with 60% of small enterprises shutting down within six months of a major attack. As AI-crafted phishing lures achieve a 54% click-through rate, traditional “awareness” training has become a shallow defense against an automated tide. We are at a strategic crossroads: do we outsource our security to Big Tech, wait for the government to mandate a minimum level of security, or return to the “radical collaboration” that built the Internet itself? Can we bake immunity directly into the Internet’s plumbing before the 400 million small businesses that form our economic backbone become mere collateral damage?
Join us for a conversation with Brian Cute, the CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance. A veteran of Internet governance, he has held leadership roles at ICANN and the Public Interest Registry (the .org registry). He now leads The Global Cyber Alliance’s mission to deliver practical and effective tools to those most at risk in a fractured digital landscape.
Hosted by: Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.
Further reading:
- 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon
- 110+ of the Latest Data Breach Statistics to Know for 2026 & Beyond
- ElectroIQ Small Business Stats 2025
- SentinelOne 2026 CVE Forecast
- GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Small Business
- Cyber Basics: A free three-week training series for small businesses
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