15th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit 2025 | Billington CyberSecurity | 9 September 2025 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, DC 20001, USA

Come to network and learn the latest event trends, best practices and threats at the leading government event summit, now entering its 15th year.

Over the past 6 months, this event is team has been hard at work putting together the world class Agenda for this year's this event. We are extremely excited to highlight what we have come up with which combines your feedback from last year's conference with the most current cyber issues being addressed today.

Our overall theme for this year's conference will be Advancing event in the AI Age. As the title suggests, this year we are putting special emphasis on the increasing impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is having on the cyber world at all levels. This includes an entire day of the conference focused on covering the AI topic from soup to nuts, including great AI expert speakers and key thought leaders in the Federal Government highlighting where they are in addressing AI within their respective programs. We will also have an entire breakout track focused on AI and its impact on cybersecurity spanning the first three days of the conference as well.

In addition to the usual exceptional line-up of senior government speakers, thought-provoking general and breakout sessions exploring the key cyber topics of the day, and an event-ending and always invaluable leadership luncheon, we will also include a host of all-attendee receptions where you can meet and engage with other conference attendees and speakers, as well over 100 cyber-focused vendor booths where you can see demos, learn about the latest developments, and get an idea of innovative technologies that could benefit you and your teams.

Some of the outstanding content Billington will take on this year includes:
• Gaining a better understanding of AI's impact on cybersecurity
• Taking a deeper look into cloud security and current issues impacting it
• Thinking about how to be more proactive in addressing technical risk
• Considering the next set of cyber risks that will likely impact your defenses
• Looking at better ways to protect your data from breaches and insider threats
• Continuing to better understand the relationship between cyber and critical infrastructure
• We sincerely hope that all of you can join us for this year's summit, an increasingly must-attend event to stay in front of cyber issues at every level, meet the most innovative companies working cyber issues at nearly every angle, and a chance to engage with a wide ranging group of cyber thought leaders within the federal, state, and local government arenas.

2025 Speakers

Addie Adeniji
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. House of Representatives

Timothy Amerson
Deputy CISO, Social Security Administration

David Appel
Vice President, US Federal, AWS

Charles Armstrong
CIO, FEMA

Lakshmi Ashok
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Leidos

Hemant Baidwan
CISO, OCIO, DHS

Rob Bair
CISO, Americas, Zscaler

Tommy Baril
Defense Assistant Director, GAO

George Barnes
President, Cyber Practice, Red Cell Partners (Former Deputy Director, NSA)

Shane M. Barney
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)

Lt. Gen. Maria B. Barrett
Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command

Matt Barry
Chief Operating Officer, HP Federal

Leslie Beavers
Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, DoD CIO

Dr. Mischa Beckett
Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence, GDIT

Donna Bennett
Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of State

Gurpreet Bhatia
Principal Director, Cybersecurity [DCIO CS], DOD

Zafer Bilalogu
Lead Solutions Architect, Databricks

Tom Billington
CEO and Founder, Billington CyberSecurity

Andy Black
Sr. Manager, Emerging Tech, AWS

Chris Bogdan
Executive Vice President, Booz Allen

Frankie Briguglio
Federal CTO, SailPoint

Mark Bristow
Certified Instructor, SANS

Mike Britton
CISO, Abnormal Security

Dr. Tyson Brooks
Technical Director for the AI Security Center (AISC), NSA

General CQ Brown, Jr.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

John Bruns
Global CISO, Anomali

Gary Buchanan
Chief Information Security Officer(CISO)/Director, Cybersecurity Office(TES), NGA

Terry Burruss
Director of Content, Billington CyberSecurity

Chris Butera
Senior Technical Director, CISA

Bruce Byrd
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks, Inc

Ritu Chadha
Senior Research Director, Autonomous Systems Research, Peraton

Steve Chan
U.S. Government

Anil ‘Neil’ Chaudhry
Senior Advisor, Artificial Intelligence, (PHMSA), DOT

Jon Check
Vice President, Cyber Protection Solutions, Nightwing

Doug Clifton
Managing Director, Industrial Control System & Internet of Things Cyber Security lead, EY

Harry Coker, Jr.
National Cyber Director, The White House

Cait Conley
Senior Advisor to the Director, CISA

Sean Connelly
Sr Director - Zero Trust Policy, Zscaler

Meghan Cook
Director of the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), State of New York

Robert Costello
Chief Information Officer (CIO), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jim Coyle
U.S. Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Lookout

Cindy DeCarlo
Director of Global Government, Education and National Security, Cisco

Dave DeWalt
Founder and CEO, NightDragon

David DiMolfetta
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW, GovExec

Srinivas Doodala
AI Program Lead, FCC

Justin Doubleday
Cybersecurity Reporter, FNN

Bruce Draper
Chair & Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State University (previously at DARPA)

Mike Duffy
Federal Chief Information Security Officer, OMB

Ann Dunkin
CIO, Department of Energy

Lisa Einstein
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, CISA

Steve Faehl
Security CTO, Microsoft Federal

Scott Fear
Director of Capabilities and Chief Information Officer (CIO), National Security Agency (NSA)

Mike Fey
CEO, Island

Amb. Nathaniel Fick
Ambassador at Large, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. State Department

Lt. Gen. Steve Fogarty (Ret.)
Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen

Marcus Fowler
CEO, Darktrace Federal

Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, US Government Accountability Office

Juliane Gallina
Deputy Director for Digital Innovation, CIA

Tommy Gardner
Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal

Michael Geraghty
CISO and Director, NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC), State of New Jersey

Laura Gerhardt
Director of Technology Modernization and Data Division, Office of the Federal CIO

Grant Geyer
Chief Strategy Officer, Claroty

Jeff Gilhool
Federal Sales Engineer, Lookout

Lindsay Gillaspie
Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks

Ryan Gillis
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Government Partnerships, Zscaler

Meghan Good
Leidos

Venice M. Goodwine (invited)
Chief Information Officer, Department of the Air Force

Chris Gower
Minister Counsellor Home Affairs, Embassy of Australia

Jason Gray
Chief Information Officer, USAID

Katie Gray
Senior Partner & Lead, Cyber Investment Practice, In-Q-Tel

Peter F. Green Ph.D.
Deputy Laboratory Director – Science & Technology and Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Department of Energy

Jeff Greene
Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA

Michael B. Greenwald
Global Head, Financial Innovation and Digital Assets, Head, Global Executive Relations, Amazon Web Services

Alexandra Guenther
Chief Information Officer, Leidos

Steve J. Hager
Director, Google Public Sector

Scott Hallworth
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, HP

Christine Halvorsen
Public Sector Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Okta

Michael Hantke
President & CEO, Tensley Consulting Inc

LTG William Hartman
Deputy Commander, USCYBERCOM

Paul Abbate
Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Addie Adeniji
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. House of Representatives

Timothy Amerson
Deputy CISO, Social Security Administration

David Appel
Vice President, US Federal, AWS

Charles Armstrong
CIO, FEMA

Lakshmi Ashok
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Leidos

Hemant Baidwan
CISO, OCIO, DHS

Rob Bair
CISO, Americas, Zscaler

Tommy Baril
Defense Assistant Director, GAO

George Barnes
President, Cyber Practice, Red Cell Partners

Shane M. Barney
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)

Lt. Gen. Maria B. Barrett
Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command

Matt Barry
Chief Operating Officer, HP Federal

Leslie Beavers
Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, DoD CIO

Dr. Mischa Beckett
Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence, GDIT

Donna Bennett
Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of State

Gurpreet Bhatia
Principal Director, Cybersecurity [DCIO CS], DOD

Zafer Bilalogu
Lead Solutions Architect, Databricks

Tom Billington
CEO and Founder, Billington CyberSecurity

Andy Black
Sr. Manager, Emerging Tech, AWS

Chris Bogdan
Executive Vice President, Booz Allen

Frankie Briguglio
Federal CTO, SailPoint

Mark Bristow
Certified Instructor, SANS

Mike Britton
CISO, Abnormal Security

Dr. Tyson Brooks
Technical Director for the AI Security Center (AISC), NSA

General CQ Brown, Jr.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

John Bruns
Global CISO, Anomali

Gary Buchanan
Chief Information Security Officer(CISO)/Director, Cybersecurity Office(TES), NGA

Terry Burruss
Director of Content, Billington CyberSecurity

Chris Butera
Senior Technical Director, CISA

Bruce Byrd
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks, Inc

Ritu Chadha
Senior Research Director, Autonomous Systems Research, Peraton

Steve Chan
U.S. Government

Anil ‘Neil’ Chaudhry
Senior Advisor, Artificial Intelligence, (PHMSA), DOT

Jon Check
Vice President, Cyber Protection Solutions, Nightwing

Doug Clifton
Managing Director, Industrial Control System & Internet of Things Cyber Security lead, EY

Harry Coker, Jr.
National Cyber Director, The White House

Cait Conley
Senior Advisor to the Director, CISA

Sean Connelly
Sr Director - Zero Trust Policy, Zscaler

Meghan Cook
Director of the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), State of New York

Robert Costello
Chief Information Officer (CIO), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jim Coyle
U.S. Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Lookout

Cindy DeCarlo
Director of Global Government, Education and National Security, Cisco

Dave DeWalt
Founder and CEO, NightDragon

David DiMolfetta
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW, GovExec

Srinivas Doodala
AI Program Lead, FCC

Justin Doubleday
Cybersecurity Reporter, FNN

Bruce Draper
Chair & Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State University

Mike Duffy
Federal Chief Information Security Officer, OMB

Ann Dunkin
CIO, Department of Energy

Lisa Einstein
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, CISA

Steve Faehl
Security CTO, Microsoft Federal

Scott Fear
Director of Capabilities and Chief Information Officer (CIO), National Security Agency (NSA)

Mike Fey
CEO, Island

Amb. Nathaniel Fick
Ambassador at Large, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. State Department

Lt. Gen. Steve Fogarty (Ret.)
Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen

Marcus Fowler
CEO, Darktrace Federal

Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, US Government Accountability Office

Juliane Gallina
Deputy Director for Digital Innovation, CIA

Tommy Gardner
Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal

Michael Geraghty
CISO and Director, NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC), State of New Jersey

Laura Gerhardt
Director of Technology Modernization and Data Division, Office of the Federal CIO

Grant Geyer
Chief Strategy Officer, Claroty

Jeff Gilhool
Federal Sales Engineer, Lookout

Lindsay Gillaspie
Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks

Ryan Gillis
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Government Partnerships, Zscaler

Meghan Good
Leidos

Venice M. Goodwine
Chief Information Officer, Department of the Air Force

Chris Gower
Minister Counsellor Home Affairs, Embassy of Australia

Jason Gray
Chief Information Officer, USAID

Katie Gray
Senior Partner & Lead, Cyber Investment Practice, In-Q-Tel

Peter F. Green Ph.D.
Deputy Laboratory Director – Science & Technology and Chief Research Officer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Department of Energy

Jeff Greene
Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Michael B. Greenwald
Global Head, Financial Innovation and Digital Assets, Head, Global Executive Relations, Amazon Web Services

Alexandra Guenther
Chief Information Officer, Leidos

Steve J. Hager
Director, Google Public Sector

Scott Hallworth
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, HP

Christine Halvorsen
Public Sector Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Okta

Michael Hantke
President & CEO, Tensley Consulting Inc

LTG William Hartman
Deputy Commander, USCYBERCOM

Matthew Hartman
Deputy Executive Assistant Director, CISA

General Timothy D. Haugh
United States Air Force, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief Central Security Service

Matt Hayden
Vice President, Cyber & Emerging Threats, GDIT

Steven Hernandez
Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of Education

Willie Hicks
RVP Public Sector Solutions Engineering and Public Sector Chief Technologist, Dynatrace

Dave Hinchman
Director, IT & Cybersecurity, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Alex Jaimes
Chief AI Officer, Dataminr

James “Kemp” Jennings-Roche
CISO, DoD Cyber Crime Center

2025 Sponsors

LEAD UNDERWRITER SPONSORS:
AWS
Cisco

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
Abnormal Security
Cohesity
Google
HP
Lookout
Oracle
Tensley Consulting

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Dataminr
DRTConfidence
Rubrik

GOLD SPONSORS:
Anomali
Armis
Axonius Federal
Claroty
CompTIA
CrowdStrike
Darktrace Federal
Databricks
Deloitte
Dynatrace
Endace
EY
Gigamon
ISC2
Lineaje
ManTech
Netskope
Nightwing
Okta
Peraton
RunSafe
SailPoint
SANS
Splunk
Tenable
Varonis
Veracode
Wiz
ZeroFox

BRONZE SPONSORS:
Absolute Security
Acalvio
Bastille
Black Kite
Cayosoft Software
Censys
Check Point
Coder
Comcast Technology Solutions, Inc.
Commvault
Confluent
Corelight
CounterCraft
Culmen International
ECS
EDB
Forescout
Fortinet Federal
GrammaTech
Hack The BoxHUMAN
iboss
Infoblox
Infosec
Intel471
Ivanti
Juniper Networks
Kry10
Lockheed Martin
Megahands Technologies
MinIO
NETSCOUT
Nozomi Networks
Nucleus
Onspring
Orca Security
Ping Identity
Project Hosts
Proofpoint
Recorded Future
Red Hat
Resemble AI
ReversingLabs
Rocket.Chat
RSA
Saviynt
Synack
Thales TCT
Titania
Trellix
Trinity Cyber
Vectra
Veeam
Vertosoft LLC
Virtru
VMRay
Waterfall Security
wolfSSL
Xona Systems
Zentera

PARTICIPATING AGENCIE SPONSORS:
CIA DDI & CIA-OAM
CISA
Defense Innovation Unit
Defense Intelligence Agency
FBI
NASA SEWP
National Security Agency
NIH-NITAAC
U.S. Army Cyber Command
U.S. Cyber Command
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command