5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit

The 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit: Innovations in Cyber Resiliency will be held on Sept. 16 at the Capital Hilton in Washington DC and is the leading Fall forum on cybersecurity.  It will feature Admiral Michael Rogers, Director, NSA and Commander, US Cyber Command; Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator and over 25 other distinguished experts.

With last year’s summit at capacity, Billington CyberSecurity’s 5th Annual Cybersecurity Summit moves to a more expansive venue—the Capital Hilton Hotel—to explore in-depth how government and industry can radically improve their cyber resiliency.

Previous summits have featured Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, Gen. Keith Alexander, Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden, Eugene Kaspersky, and the current and former White House Cybersecurity Coordinator.

Today’s cyber challenges are glaringly obvious. Traditional firewalls are increasingly penetrated, antivirus software does not deter advanced persistent threats, intellectual property is routinely stolen, and, worst, intruders can embed themselves in networks for a year without being discovered. Moving beyond this grim reality requires radical new thinking.

How will we chart this new way forward? What cyber solutions will lead to change? How will America improve cybersecurity for its critical infrastructure? To encourage new thinking, Billington CyberSecurity will convene more than a dozen thought leaders to ask one key question: How can organizations, within the span of a year, achieve enhanced cyber resiliency that is scalable, measurable, and effective?

Look for the answers in what are sure to be spirited discussions, debates, and commentary surrounding national and global cybersecurity trends and how they’re helping to secure targeted cyber solutions. Featured agencies expected to weigh in on this issue include the DHS, DoD, NSA, CIA, NIST, DISA, DIA, industry CISOs, SI leaders, and more.

Three New Additions In 2014:

1. Cybersecurity Interactive Roundtable Sessions. These tables provide you with a great opportunity to swap ideas and war stories with your fellow attendees on a variety of pressing cybersecurity topics.
2. One to One Meetings. These meetings with cybersecurity decision-makers will allow you to meet face to face with your industry leaders and with government and military officials from the DHS and Defense / Intel communities in an intimate setting. Meetings are scheduled in advance and are on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. Multiple Tracks. To allow for more in-depth learning on a greater number of topics, multiple, simultaneous tracks will be offered. Innovations in cyber resiliency will be the overall theme of the forum and the tracks will be able to draw from the rich expertise in the room.