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Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit to Focus on Nation-State Threats, AI, and Cascading Risks to U.S. Infrastructure
Experts Examine Threats to Energy, Communications, Transportation, and Water
SAN ANTONIO, November 04, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure grow increasingly sophisticated and disruptive, the Inaugural Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit will bring together senior government, military, and industry leaders Nov. 17-18 in San Antonio to examine the threats facing the systems that power, connect, transport, and sustain the nation. Hosted by Billington CyberSecurity at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, the summit is the first national event to bring together all four critical infrastructure lifeline sectors — energy, communications, transportation, and water — to address their growing cyber interdependencies and the consequences of attacks that can cross sector boundaries.
“With attacks rapidly escalating, critical infrastructure cybersecurity can no longer be viewed as a problem for individual organizations or sectors. The Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit will convene senior decisionmakers to discuss how lifeline systems connect, how adversaries can exploit those connections, and how government and industry can work together before, during, and after an attack,” said Troy Schneider, president, Billington CyberSecurity.
Among the most pressing issues on the summit agenda are:
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Nation-state attacks and cyber prepositioning: How China, Russia, Iran, and other adversaries are targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and preparing for potential disruption.
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AI-powered cyber threats: How artificial intelligence is changing the speed, scale, and sophistication of cyberattacks — and how AI can be used to strengthen defenses.
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Cascading infrastructure failures: How an attack on one lifeline sector can disrupt others and potentially affect public safety, national security, and the economy.
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Cyber-informed engineering: Designing infrastructure with cybersecurity and resilience built into systems from the outset.
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Critical infrastructure supply-chain security: Protecting the technologies, components, services, and suppliers that underpin essential infrastructure.
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Water-sector cybersecurity: Addressing the growing vulnerability of water systems and the need for stronger protections and collaboration, including a focused discussion on Project Watershed 250 – the pilot program launched by the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, the Office of the Governor of Texas, the Texas Cyber Command, and private-sector partners.
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Quantum readiness: Preparing critical infrastructure for emerging quantum-enabled threats and the need for cryptographic resilience.
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Infrastructure investment and modernization: Examining how cybersecurity, resilience, and risk must factor into the modernization of America’s infrastructure.
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Public-private collaboration: Strengthening information sharing and coordinated response between government and the private sector.
