Past eventHeld Sept. 8–10, 2026
Billington CyberSecurity Summit 2026
The annual summit convenes government, military, and industry cybersecurity professionals around public-sector cyber priorities.
- Held
- Sept. 8–10, 2026
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Projected attendance
- 3,000+
- Program
- 50+ sessions across nine tracks
TL;DR
- The Billington CyberSecurity Summit took place Sept. 8–10, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
- The program was billed as having more than 50 sessions and breakouts across nine tracks, with continuing education credits available through ISC2 and SANS/GIAC.
- The organizer had projected more than 3,000 attendees and 300+ speakers.
Who was in the room
Government and military professionals
Senior-level government and military professionals were part of the summit audience.
Industry professionals
Senior-level industry professionals attended alongside the public-sector audience.
Defense, intelligence, and civilian-agency leaders
The organizer convenes public and private sector leaders from defense, intelligence, and civilian-agency communities.
Public posts about this edition
3 postsQuoted word for word from public posts; each links to the original.
“Cybersecurity has always been an ongoing mission, one that will increasingly rely on the collaboration of government and industry to share information, innovate, and adapt together.”
Joyce Bosc
Read the post“I was honored to lend my voice to a panel of distinguished cyber leaders to discuss the Evolving Role of Government in Private Sector Defense.”
Katherine DiEmidio
Read the post“The 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit did exactly what a great conference should do: educate, reinvigorate, and create space for meaningful collaboration.”
Dillard Trapp
Read the post
Featured speakers
2 listedNick Andersen
Acting Director · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Lt. Gen. Paul T. Stanton
Commander and Director · Department of War Cyber Defense Command; Defense Information Systems Agency
Questions people ask
7 answeredThe 18th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit has been announced for 2027, but dates have not been published yet.
Billington CyberSecurity Summit 2026 took place Sept. 8–10.
The organizer had projected more than 3,000 attendees for the 17th Annual Summit.
Billington CyberSecurity Summit was held in Washington, D.C.
The audience included senior-level government, military, and industry professionals. The organizer also convenes public and private sector leaders from defense, intelligence, and civilian-agency communities.
Federal, military and intelligence-community cybersecurity staff, and vendors selling to them, got the most from it, since speakers were billed to include the Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the exhibit hall was billed as holding more than 150 exhibitors alongside government agency booths. Small teams wanting a narrow technical workshop would get less from a three-day show of this size, although ISC2 and SANS/GIAC credits gave practitioners a concrete return.
Attendees at Washington, D.C. cybersecurity summits usually wear business professional attire, and military personnel often attend in uniform. Comfortable shoes helped given a large exhibit hall across three days.
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