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GEN Keith B. Alexander Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security Service (keynote) (confirmed) |
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Michael Daniel Special Assistant to the President, Cybersecurity Coordinator, The White House (confirmed) |
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Debora A. Plunkett Director, Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency (keynote) (confirmed) |
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Dr. Patrick Gallagher Director, NIST and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce (confirmed) |
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Joseph M. Demarest, Jr. Assistant Director of the Cyber Division, FBI (confirmed) |
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Lawrence (Larry) K. Zelvin Director, National Cyber and Communications Integration Center U.S. Department of Homeland Security (confirmed) |
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Michael Papay Chief Information Security Officer, Northrop Grumman Information Systems (confirmed) |
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Ronald Ross Fellow, NIST (confirmed) |
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Robert Bigman Founder, 2BSecure (Former CISO, CIA) (confirmed) |
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Anthony Di Bello Strategic Relationship Manager, Guidance Software (confirmed) |
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Dr. Farnam Jahanian Assistant Director, CISE Directorate, National Science Foundation (confirmed) |
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Dr. Edward G. Amoroso SVP and Chief Security Officer, AT&T (confirmed) |
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Al Kinney Director, Cybersecurity Capabilities, U.S. Public Sector, Hewlett Packard (confirmed) |
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Steve Bowsher Managing Partner and Executive Vice President, In-Q-Tel (confirmed) |
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Charles Blauner Global Head of Information Security, Citi (confirmed) |
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Nicole M. Dean Director, Cyber Programs, Raytheon (confirmed) |
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Adam Fuchs Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Sqrrl (confirmed) |
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Todd G. Myers, Lead Global Compute Architect, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (confirmed) |
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Stuart Wagner, CISSP, CISM Director, IT Security & Compliance, Enterprise Products (confirmed) | |
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Roberta “Bobbie” Stempfley Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications National Protections and Programs Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security | |
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Steve Chabinsky, SVP, GC and Chief Risk Officer, Crowdstrike (confirmed) |
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Michael Brown Rear Admiral, USN (Ret) Vice President and General Manager RSA Federal Business, IT and Security (confirmed) |
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Nathaniel "Nate" Fick, CEO, ENDGAME (confirmed) |
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Jeff Eisensmith, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (confirmed) |
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Melody Hildebrandt, Head of Commercial Cyber Business, Palantir (confirmed) |
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Adrian Turner, CEO, Mocana (confirmed) |
International Media C-SPAN, CNN, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Forbes, Reuters, Le Monde Cover 4th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit at the National Press Club
Washington, DC, Sept. 25. – On Sept. 25 before a capacity crowd filling the ballroom at the National Press Club, top thought leaders in cybersecurity discussed the new frontiers of security in cyberspace. Speakers represented the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Department of Defense, AT&T, Citi, etc.
Kicking off the conference, live on C-SPAN and before media representing CNN, The Washington Post, Forbes, Reuters, Bloomberg and Le Monde (links to the full articles are below), was Gen. Keith Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, NSA.
Speaking to a standing room audience, Gen. Alexander delivered an in-depth talk about the country's top cybersecurity and national security priorities, his lengthiest public address since the leaks by Edward Snowden. The Washington Post’s National Security Correspondent Ellen Nakashima wrote about Gen. Alexander's keynote that, “In nearly hour-long remarks and the interview afterward, Alexander offered his most impassioned defense of a program that is under fire.”
Gen. Alexander faced numerous in-depth and tough questions about the NSA's surveillance efforts and U.S. Cyber Command's cybersecurity priorities in a moderated Q&A with the audience led by conference host, Thomas K. Billington, CEO, Billington CyberSecurity.
Transcript of Gen. Alexander's Keynote Deilvered at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on September 25th.
C-SPAN Coverage of the three Keynotes at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on September 25th.
Later in the conference, C-SPAN also filmed Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Standards & Technology and Director of NIST and Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator, The White House.
Debora Gallagher, Director, Information Assurance Directorate, NSA, also keynoted. Nearly 30 speakers in all spoke at the high level conference. Attendance was up 20%; and nearly 350 registrants filled the ballroom to capacity.
1. “NSA chief defends collecting Americans’ data,” Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, September 25.
Attendees, Sponsors and Exhibitors Reach Record Levels
Washington, DC, Sept. 25 – A record number of attendees, sponsors and exhibitors attended the 4th Annual Cybersecurity Summit. Hewlett Packard, Raytheon and General Dynamics were new diamond sponsors. They joined repeat sponsors Northrop Grumman, Guidance Software, Kaspersky Lab, JonesNCTI and RSA. IEEE and NetIQ were new exhibitors. They joined Information Security Solutions and AirPatrol as exhibitors. In addition, three media sponsors joined the conference again: CSFI, Set-Aside Alert and Homeland Security Today. The networking and the ability to showcase the company’s thought leadership with high level government and industry officials were exceptional.
Extensive Press Coverage of the Summit:
- The Washington Post
- Reuters Article # 1
- Reuters Article #2
- Federal News Radio
- Forbes
- National Journal
- Bloomberg Article #1
- Bloomberg Article #2
- PC World
- Network World
- Politico
- Le Monde
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