About This Course
<div>AI agents are no longer limited to answering questions or generating text. They can now execute commands, access files, connect to APIs, automate workflows, and operate continuously inside real environments. Platforms like Hermes Agent represent the next evolution of AI .. moving from passive assistants to autonomous systems that you self-host, run on your own infrastructure, and that act on your behalf around the clock.</div><div><br></div><div>For cybersecurity professionals, this shift creates a problem.</div><div><br></div><div>On one hand, Hermes can act as a powerful force multiplier .. automating security tasks, accelerating analysis, and, uniquely, getting better at your job the longer you use it through its self-improving learning loop.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, it introduces a completely new attack surface — where an AI agent has access to systems, data, and execution capabilities without mature security controls, governance models, or visibility. And because Hermes is self-hosted and writes its own skills over time, securing it is now your responsibility, not a vendor's.</div><div><br></div><div>The "Hermes Agent for Cybersecurity Professionals" course is a practical, security-focused, hands-on course designed to help security engineers, cloud security professionals, DevSecOps practitioners, and security leaders understand, secure, and effectively use agentic AI systems .. using Hermes, the most-used AI agent in the world, as a real, working example you deploy and harden yourself.</div>
What you'll learn:
- Explain how AI is evolving from chat-based tools to autonomous agents
- What is Hermes and what it means to Cybersecurity
- Secure and harden your Hermes installation
- How to use Hermes as a Cybersecurity force multiplier