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Hack The Box has launched HTB AI Range, billed as the world's first controlled cyber range designed specifically to test, benchmark, and refine autonomous AI security agents. The platform replicates live enterprise cyber battlegrounds, allowing organizations to evaluate the safety, limits, and capabilities of AI agents and to train human operators to work alongside them in both offensive and defensive scenarios.
Hack The Box launches HTB AI Range, the first controlled cyber range for testing AI security agents.
The platform benchmarks AI agent performance and safety in realistic, high-stakes operational environments.
It enables training and evaluation of human-AI teaming for both offensive (red team) and defensive (blue team) operations.
The range includes thousands of continuously updated offensive and defensive targets aligned with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
Hack The Box also announced an AI Red Teamer Certification, available Q1 2026, developed in collaboration with Google.
The initiative addresses the urgent need to validate AI systems in cybersecurity as both a tool and a threat vector.
As AI becomes embedded in cyber operations, there is a growing need to understand its capabilities and limitations in realistic contexts. HTB AI Range is designed as a "live-fire training ground" where AI agents and human operators can be tested side-by-side under pressure. The platform aims to define how hybrid human-machine defense evolves, moving from theoretical risk to measurable mastery. “We’re not reacting to AI’s rise in cyber; we’re defining how defense evolves alongside it,” said Haris Pylarinos, CEO of Hack The Box.
The range mirrors enterprise complexity with thousands of continuously updated targets. It allows organizations, MSSPs, and governments to stress-test AI models, validate their safety, and benchmark their performance against established frameworks. This is critical as early data shows AI excelling at simple, one-step tasks but struggling with multi-step challenges where human intuition and experience still dominate.
Recognizing a significant skills gap, Hack The Box also announced an AI Red Teamer Certification, slated for Q1 2026. This credential crowns the AI Red Teamer Path developed with Google and aligns with Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF). It is designed to equip security professionals with the skills to assess, exploit, and secure AI systems, setting a benchmark for AI security expertise.
The launch responds to the dual reality of AI in cybersecurity: attackers are using AI to scale operations, and defenders must leverage AI similarly to keep pace. HTB AI Range provides a safe, controlled environment for defenders to experiment, train, and validate their AI-augmented strategies without real-world risk, preparing them for AI-enabled threats and campaigns.
By creating a dedicated testing ground for AI in cyber operations, Hack The Box is positioning itself at the forefront of the next phase of cybersecurity readiness, where human skill and artificial intelligence must be seamlessly integrated and continuously evaluated.
About Hack The Box
Hack The Box is the leading AI-powered cybersecurity readiness and upskilling platform, trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, government organizations and MSSPs to build effective cyber resilience at scale. Through AI-enhanced intelligence, gamified labs, live-fire simulations and the power of one of the world’s largest cybersecurity communities, Hack The Box helps teams master offensive and defensive skills in the age of AI through real-world scenarios. Founded in 2017, Hack The Box has grown a global community of over 4 million members and 1,500 enterprise and government customers, helping organizations validate resilience, mitigate breach risk and develop cyber talent.
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