The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for ICTs, shaped, and improved by the work of a diverse range of experts and contributors within countries and other international organizations. ITU would like to acknowledge and thank all partners and contributors for their hard work and commitment in providing support to the GCI, and more importantly, helping to advance our collective understanding of cybersecurity commitments.

ITU would like to especially highlight the contributions received through ITU-D Study Group 2, and the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) Management Consultation Group, and their work on changes to the GCI questionnaire. The BDT Cybersecurity team would like to thank ITU membership for their nominations of experts to advise in the weightage process. More information about the weightage process and expert participation can be found in the methodology. The inputs of the following experts from ITU membership provided invaluable support in assigning weighting determinations: