Tom Billington

Tom Billington is the CEO and Founder of Billington CyberSecurity, a leading, mission-driven, independent cyber education company in Washington, DC. Tom has produced B2B events in the nation’s capital full-time since 1999, when he launched his first cyber event at BNA, now Bloomberg, and then at Thomson Reuters before founding Billington CyberSecurity in 2010.

In 2024, the Billington team produced over 40 events including the world's leading Federal government cybersecurity summit, now in its 16th year, and its Inaugural 2nd State & Local Cybersecurity Summit in March 2024.  The 2024 four-day summit in Washington attracted nearly 4000 attendees, over 220 speakers and more than 150 sponsors. 

Billington CyberSecurity’s dynamic exhibit halls include some of the world's premier blue chip partners including AWS, Google, Microsoft, Booz Allen, Leidos, GDIT, ManTech, Peraton, ZScaler, Lockheed, Oracle and Palo Alto, to name a few.  

The company has a truly global mission, partnering with many International countries.  Summits over the last many years have included receptions at the exclusive British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Embassies.  Tom won the highest award given by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for the company’s efforts to help Ukraine thwart foreign cyber adversaries through its public-private trust building and dialogue.

Billington CyberSecurity summits are known for their unparalleled content. Speakers have included the last five Directors of the NSA, the head of Government Communications Headquarters (United Kingdom), two Directors of National Intelligence, multiple U.S. Senators and the lead cyber officials from Germany, Israel, Singapore, all Five Eyes countries (UK, Australia, NZ, Canada, US) and countless senior industry executives.

In addition to the annual summit, Billington CyberSecurity produces a newsletter, webinars, exclusive monthly Chatham House Rule breakfasts with cyber leaders, online video insights, innovation roundtables and high-level networking receptions throughout the year. Billington CyberSecurity has decades of experience producing cyber events including events serving the auto sector in Detroit, the private sector in New York and Denver and an event at the British Parliament. 

Before launching his company in 2010, Tom spent nearly two decades producing hundreds of events, publications and articles for leading media companies: Reader’s Digest, Phillips Business Information, BNA and Thomson Reuters. 

Billington CyberSecurity events have been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Politico, CNN, NBC, and C-SPAN. 

Tom graduated with an MBA from Georgetown and a B.A. from Brown University. He is a member of The Metropolitan Club, the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and Vistage.  He is active in the community serving on the Vestry at All Saints Church and has served on the board and as the head of the Parents Association at St. Albans School in Washington, his alma mater.  He has been married to his wife for over 30 years and has one son.

Billington and his amazing team believe passionately that convening world-class educational and networking events can be a “force multiplier for good” in a world that desperately needs that.  

Billington and his team are honored and humbled every day to try to serve our country and citizens as we aim to enhance our security in cyberspace.