3rd Annual Billington International Cybersecurity Summit

The 3rd Annual Billington International Cybersecurity Summit on March 21 in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club, will attract over 400 attendees at the leading forum on global cybersecurity in the nation’s capital. 

Global cyber attacks and threats have increased at an unprecedented rate. Just in the past 12 months cyber attacks have escalated in terms of their global scale, impact and rate of spread as demonstrated by the WannaCry ransomware attack.

The 3^rd Annual Billington International Cybersecurity Summit will address pressing cybersecurity issues facing the world. 

Distinguished keynotes:

Opening Keynote

David Koh, Commissioner of Cybersecurity-designate for Singapore, Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) and Defence Cyber Chief, MINDEF

Cyber Priorities of the Acting DoD CIO

Essye Miller, Acting CIO, U.S. Department of Defense

DHS Cybersecurity Priorities in Partnership with Global Allies

Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications,

Department of Homeland Security

U.S. National Security Systems Cybersecurity Challenges in a Global Ecosystem

Marianne Bailey, Deputy National Manager, National Security Systems, NSA

 Innovative Defense Strategies

David Hogue, Technical Director, Cybersecurity Threat Operations, Center, NSA

Mitigating the Russian Threat to Upcoming Democratic Elections

Rick Ledgett, Former Deputy Director, National Security Agency

Update from the Frontlines -- Facing the New Digital Battlefield

Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Former Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO 

Cybersecurity Priorities of Kuwait Through 2020

Mohammad Altura, Chief, Information Technology Sector (CITRA), Kuwait 

Plus, Exclusive Announcement of New NIST Draft Cyber Resiliency Guideline by: 

* Dr. Charles Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of  Standards and Technology

* Dr. Ron Ross, Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology

* Mark Kneidinger, Director, Federal Network Resilience, Dept. of Homeland Security (Invited)       

• International cybersecurity leaders  from a cross-section of civilian, military and intelligence agencies, industry and academia will tackle tough questions, examine solutions and offer perspective on next steps.