Applications open for Cohort 1Austin, TXStarts January 2027

Four weeks to a guaranteed job in AI security.

A hands-on bootcamp for engineers who want to deploy AI security agents inside large enterprises. Pass, and we guarantee you paid work at $80–100 an hour. Accept a role, and your $3,000 tuition comes back.

Week 2 lab: an agent that works a live alert queue, behind guardrails a CISO will sign off on.Illustrative example

Enterprises are putting AI agents to work in security. Someone has to make them run safely.

Agents that triage alerts, investigate incidents and hunt threats have to be wired into a company’s real tools, fenced with permissions, and tuned until the security team trusts them. The engineers who do that are forward deployed engineers. This bootcamp trains you to be one.

Connect

Wire agents into the stack

SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud and ticketing: the tools the team already runs.

Control

Put guardrails around them

Permissions, approvals and audit trails that make agents safe to run in production.

Prove

Show that it works

Measure results, tune until they hold up, and explain it to engineers and executives.

The terms

We only win when you get hired, so the deal is simple.

Tuition
$3,000Paid when you’re accepted, to hold your seat.
Guaranteed work
$80–100/hr, full- or part-timeOffered to every graduate who passes. Your rate depends on your experience and the engagement.
Tuition refund
100% back when you accept a role through the program
Program
4 weeks, full-time, in person in Austin, TX
Cohort
10 seats, starting January 2027
Your net cost
$0When you pass and accept a role through the program.

How you pass

Your score decides it. Earn 80 of 100 points across twelve lab challenges and a final test.

Lab challenges60 points

Twelve hands-on challenges, three a week, worth 5 points each. Each one is scored on whether it works and how you got there.

Final test40 points

A timed practical exam at the end of week 4. You deploy an agent into a fresh enterprise environment, then defend your choices to the instructors.

Four weeks. Twelve lab challenges. One final test.

Every week pairs short instruction with hands-on labs in realistic enterprise environments.

1Week

Agents and the enterprise

LLMs, tool use, MCP, retrieval and evals. Enterprise security architecture, identity and the modern SOC.

  1. Lab 01Build a tool-using agent5 pts
  2. Lab 02Write evals that catch its mistakes5 pts
  3. Lab 03Map a real SOC’s data and tools5 pts
2Week

AI in the SOC

Investigation, threat intel, detection engineering and response workflows driven by agents.

  1. Lab 04Triage a live alert queue5 pts
  2. Lab 05Automate an incident investigation5 pts
  3. Lab 06Ship a detection with an agent5 pts
3Week

Attack and harden AI

Prompt injection, agent permissions, data leakage and red teaming, with the OWASP Top 10 for LLM apps.

  1. Lab 07Break an agent with prompt injection5 pts
  2. Lab 08Lock down agent permissions5 pts
  3. Lab 09Red-team a classmate’s agent5 pts
4Week

Forward deployment

Discovery with security leaders, integration, change management and proving results.

  1. Lab 10Run discovery with a CISO5 pts
  2. Lab 11Integrate with SIEM and EDR5 pts
  3. Lab 12Prove results to leadership5 pts
✓End of week 4

Final test

Timed, practical and graded by the instructors.

  1. ExamDeploy an agent into a fresh environment and defend it40 pts

Who it’s for

You bring the technical foundation. We teach the AI and the field work.

You’re a strong fit if you

  • Work in security operations, security engineering, software, cloud or IT
  • Write code comfortably, Python preferred
  • Want hands-on, customer-facing technical work
  • Can attend all four weeks in person in Austin

You don’t need

  • Prior AI or machine learning experience
  • A computer science degree
  • To live in Austin today

Ten seats per cohort.

Small on purpose, so every student gets real time with the instructors. We review applications as they arrive and fill seats as we accept students.

10seats in Cohort 1

Sponsored byGhost Security, Inc.Reactive Security

Questions

What does it take to pass?

A score of 80 or more out of 100. The twelve lab challenges are worth 60 points, 5 each, and the final test is worth 40. You see your score after every lab, so you always know where you stand.

What paid work is guaranteed?

Every graduate who passes is offered paid forward deployed engineering work, full- or part-time, at $80–100 an hour. Your rate depends on your experience and the engagement.

How does the tuition refund work?

Accept a role offered through the program and we refund your full $3,000 tuition. The enrollment agreement you review before paying sets out the exact terms.

What is the final test?

A timed, hands-on exam at the end of week 4. You deploy an AI security agent into an enterprise environment you haven’t seen before, then walk the instructors through your decisions.

Where and when is it?

In person in Austin, Texas. Cohort 1 starts in January 2027. Accepted students get the exact dates, daily schedule and location.

Do I need AI experience?

No. You need a technical foundation in security, software, cloud or IT. We teach the AI.

Who teaches it?

Engineers and security leaders who build and deploy AI security agents for large enterprises today. The program is sponsored by Ghost Security, Inc. and Reactive Security.

How are students selected?

We review every application and interview the strongest candidates. Each cohort has 10 seats and we accept on a rolling basis, so applying early gives you the best chance.

Apply for Cohort 1

It takes about 5 minutes. We review every application.

StartsJanuary 2027 WhereAustin, TX Seats10 Tuition$3,000, refunded when hired

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About you

Your experience

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The program

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