Billington Security Summit 2021

BlackBerry participating in Billington CyberSecurity Summit

John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO of BlackBerry, will lead a discussion on National Zero Trust Strategy at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit.  Joining him for the discussion will be executives from the United States Navy, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Accenture, and Appgate.  The session will air on October 7, at 2:45pm ET.

This year’s virtual event, the world’s leading government summit on cybersecurity, will continue the tradition of convening the top “who’s who” in cybersecurity leadership for an unparalleled three days of high-level networking and knowledge-sharing to advocate the cyber mission in the U.S. government and among allied countries.

Sessions include:

  • Cybersecurity Lessons Learned In the Race to Vaccinate the World
  • The Ransomware Threat
  • DOD Data Management Roundtable
  • State & Local Cybersecurity
  • The Software Supply Chain Future
  • Building an Effective Cyber Workforce
  • Cyber as a Warfighting Domain
  • Telehealth:  Enhancing Security, Privacy and Trust in the Aftermath of COVID-19

“I am delighted to host a distinguished set of experts for a discussion on National Zero Trust Strategy, at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO, BlackBerry. 

“Adopting a zero-trust security architecture is pivotal to preventing and limiting the impact of cyberattacks, and to protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.”

Speakers at the summit include:

  • Chris Cleary, Principal Cyber Advisor, U.S. Navy, DOD
  • William M. MacMillan, CISO, CIA
  • Bill Marion, Growth & Strategy Lead, Defense, Accenture Federal Services
  • Jason Garbis, Chief Product Officer, Appgate & Author: Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide
  • The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, DHS
  • Dr. Kelly Fletcher, Performing the Duties of the Chief Information Officer, DOD
  • Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, Director, DISA and Commander, JFHQ-DODIN
  • The Hon. Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, Executive Office of the President
  • Jen Easterly, Director, CISA, DHS
  • Rob Joyce, Director, Cybersecurity Directorate, NSA
  • Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Fogarty, Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command
  • Eileen Vidrine, CDO, U.S. Air Force

“We are honoured by BlackBerry’s partnership with us to produce the 12th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit.

  It underscores the critical role played by distinguished technology companies that comprise the whole-of-nation effort to enhance our collective cybersecurity,” said Thomas K. Billlington, CEO and Founder, Billington CyberSecurity.

The Billington CyberSecurity Summit, a world leading government event on cybersecurity, is being held virtually from October 6-8.