17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit 2026
by Billington CyberSecurity
Reducing Risk in An Age of AI-Enabled Threats
About This Event
The 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit runs 8-10 September 2026 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, under the theme "Reducing Risk in An Age of AI-Enabled Threats." It convenes senior US government, military and industry cyber leaders across nine tracks covering AI, Zero Trust, workforce development and supply chain security.
At a Glance
- Date
- September 8–10, 2026
- Location
- Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Format
- In-Person
- Status
- Upcoming
- Expected Attendance
- 3,000+
- Pricing
- Mixed (Free tier available)
- Organizer
- Billington CyberSecurity
- Source
- daily-ingest
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓CISOs and Chief Information Security Officers
- ✓Federal and agency CIOs
- ✓Government and military cyber leaders
- ✓VPs of Security Engineering and Security Architecture
- ✓Heads of AI security and risk
- ✓Critical-infrastructure and defense-industrial-base executives
Why Attend
This is the venue where US federal cyber policy on AI-enabled threats is stated on the record by the people who set it — CISA, CIA, FBI and DoD leadership — months before it reaches guidance documents. A CISO, CIO or VP of Security running a regulated or federal-adjacent business gets the AI threat model, Zero Trust expectations and supply-chain requirements straight from the agencies that will audit against them.
Event Features
- ✓300+ speakers across 50+ sessions and breakouts
- ✓Nine tracks including AI, Zero Trust, Workforce Development and Supply Chain Security
- ✓150+ exhibitors plus an Innovation Stage
- ✓Government Agency Booths
- ✓3,000+ senior government, military and industry attendees
What Makes This Unique
- ★17th edition — one of the longest-running senior-level government cybersecurity summits in the US
- ★Named speakers include the Acting Director of CISA, the CIO of the Department of War, the Deputy Director of the CIA, the FBI Assistant Director for Cyber, and the Commander of DoD Cyber Defense Command
- ★Free attendance for government and military professionals, keeping the audience operator-heavy
- ★Government Agency Booths give direct access to agency programme owners, not just vendors
- ★Entire 2026 theme is AI-enabled threat reduction rather than AI as a side track
Featured Speakers From
Industries Represented
Event Scale
Organizer
Billington CyberSecurity
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