Beyond the Chatbot: Building and Orchestrating Autonomous Security Agents

The next generation of security automation isn’t found in a chat interface—it’s found in Agents. While basic AI assistants can provide security advice and even remediate vulnerabilities, the real breakthrough for security teams lies in using an Agentic Workflow for security testing: the ability to build, customize, and orchestrate specialized agents that take ownership of the testing and remediation lifecycle. In this session, Jeffery Payne demonstrates how to move beyond conversational AI to create autonomous security agents using standardized formats compatible across tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code. He will explore the anatomy of a security agent, from configuring agent files, giving them instructions, and equipping them with the specific skills needed to hunt for and remediate vulnerabilities. Jeffery will demonstrate how to orchestrate these agents to navigate complex codebases and provide seamless, end-to-end security testing. Attendees will learn how to stop "chatting" with AI and start building a portable, autonomous security workforce.