Master agentic AI workflows for red team, blue team, and purple team operations. Learn to leverage AI to reduce cognitive overhead, accelerate analysis, and deliver higher-quality security results.
About the Workshop
Whether you're breaking systems, defending them, or doing both, most security professionals don't need more tools - they need more time, focus, and leverage.
This hands-on workshop explores how agentic AI can support day-to-day red team, blue team, and purple team work by reducing cognitive overhead and accelerating analysis. You'll learn vibe hacking: a practical approach to steering AI behavior toward useful outcomes like hypothesis generation, synthesis, and prioritization.
Through practical exercises using a reference interactive AI toolset, you'll experiment with workflows that help you deliver higher-quality results under real-world constraints - without automating humans out of the loop.
Workshop Topics
AI Concepts & Foundations
- Understanding LLMs and how they work
- How LLMs fit into AI/ML overall
- Types of models and usage patterns (agentic, etc.)
- Prompting concepts and best practices
- Safeguards and AI security considerations
Hands-On Tool Setup
Hacker Sidekick
One desktop application with editor-integrated agentic AI workflows. Sign up and download, then sign in and start working. Installers are available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Practical Scenarios
Log Analysis
Analyze security logs and identify patterns.
Vulnerability Prioritization
Apply AI workflows to assess and rank security findings.
Static Code Analysis
Run iterative, AI-assisted code security review.
Web Application Pentest
Design agentic workflows for penetration testing tasks.
Setup Steps
Before the workshop begins, please complete the following setup steps to ensure you're ready for hands-on exercises:
- Create your account Sign up for Hacker Sidekick - it takes about a minute, and drops you straight at the download.
- Install Hacker Sidekick Download the desktop app from portal.hackersidekick.com and install it. Installers are provided for macOS, Windows, and Linux. If you use another OS, reach out before the workshop and we'll help you get set up.
- Apply the workshop promo code Redeem HOPE26 for one free month of Pro. In the app, use Settings → Subscription (or the billing/promo field shown there) to enter it.
- Sign in and open a folder Launch Hacker Sidekick, sign in with the account you just created, and open a working folder. You're ready for the exercises.
Workshop Exercises
Download the exercise files below and follow along with the hands-on scenarios. Submit your findings and flags at the CTF platform.
Log Analysis
Use Hacker Sidekick to analyze security logs and identify patterns, anomalies, and potential security incidents.
logs.zipVulnerability Prioritization
Apply AI workflows to assess and rank security findings from a vulnerability dataset. Learn to prioritize remediation efforts effectively.
vuln_prioritization_dataset.zipStatic Code Analysis
Use Hacker Sidekick for iterative code security review. Analyze the provided codebase for security vulnerabilities using AI-assisted workflows.
acme-file-server.zipWeb Application Pentest Live target
Design agentic workflows for penetration testing tasks. This exercise is conducted directly against https://certifiedvibehacker.com itself.
No download required - explore the application and identify vulnerabilities using AI-assisted analysis techniques.
Submit Your Findings
Once you've completed the exercises and identified flags or findings, submit them at the CTF platform:
Events
No public workshops are on the calendar right now. If you'd like one for your event or group, send us a request.
Past Workshops
DaemonCon - January 23rd, 2026
Whether you're breaking systems, defending them, or doing both, most security professionals don't need more tools - they need more time, focus, and leverage. This workshop explores how agentic AI can support day-to-day red team, blue team, and purple team work by reducing cognitive overhead and accelerating analysis. Participants learn vibe hacking: a hands-on approach to steering AI behavior toward useful outcomes like hypothesis generation, synthesis, and prioritization.
CypherCon - April 1-2, 2026
This hands-on workshop explores how agentic AI can support day-to-day red team, blue team, and purple team work by reducing cognitive overhead and accelerating common security workflows. Participants learn vibe hacking: a practical approach to steering AI behavior toward useful outcomes such as identification, prioritization, analysis, testing, exploitation planning, and remediation support.
Through guided, scenario-based exercises using a reference interactive AI toolset, attendees experiment with workflows that help them deliver higher-quality results under real-world constraints. The emphasis is on amplification rather than automation - using AI to extend human capability while keeping judgment, decision-making, and responsibility firmly in human hands.
Certified Vibe Hacker at HOPE
A hands-on session on steering agentic AI through real red, blue, and purple team workflows.