Cursor Cybersecurity London Hackathon
Cursor Cybersecurity London Hackathon
Building the infrastructure for AI-native cybersecurity.
A full-day hackathon for developers, security engineers, founders, and AI builders exploring how autonomous systems can strengthen cybersecurity, digital resilience, and critical infrastructure.
Hosted at Halkin Offices – 1–2 Paris Garden, London, teams will build AI-powered cybersecurity tools using Cursor and leading infrastructure partners—experimenting with AI-assisted incident response, digital forensics, cryptography, threat detection, infrastructure security, and autonomous security operations.
Live demos. Fast shipping. Real-world security challenges.
📅 Schedule
9:00 AM — Doors open & networking
9:15 AM — Welcome, hackathon briefing & judging overview
9:25 AM — Hacking begins
9:45 AM — 🥐 Breakfast
1:30 PM — 🍕 Lunch
3:45 PM — Code freeze, submissions & initial judging
4:35 PM — Live demos of Top 5 (3 mins each)
4:55 PM — Final judging & awards
5:00 PM — Close
📍 Venue: Halkin Offices, 1–2 Paris Garden, London
📅 Date: Saturday, 1st August
🚀 What You'll Build
Build AI-powered systems that improve cybersecurity workflows, digital resilience, and security operations. Some areas to explore:
Critical infrastructure protection
AI-powered digital forensics
Cryptography & secure communications
Incident reporting & automated triage
Threat intelligence and analysis
Autonomous security agents
Vulnerability discovery & remediation
SOC automation and response workflows
AI-assisted penetration testing
Security tooling for developers
Work solo or in teams of up to 3.
💡 Why Participate?
Build cutting-edge AI-powered cybersecurity tools in a single day
Work alongside London's security researchers, founders, and AI builders
Get hands-on with industry-leading developer infrastructure and AI tooling
Present your project live to an expert judging panel
Meet people from leading cybersecurity communities and venture investors
Compete for prizes, sponsor awards, and swag
🧠 The Context
Cybersecurity is entering an AI-native era.
Security teams are leaning more and more on autonomous systems to detect threats, investigate incidents, analyse infrastructure, and automate repetitive work. At the same time, AI is opening up new attack surfaces and new defensive options.
This hackathon digs into the future of AI-powered cybersecurity:
How can autonomous agents improve security operations?
Where should humans stay in the loop?
What does trustworthy, secure AI infrastructure actually look like?
How do we build safer systems for the next generation of software?
Whether you're into critical infrastructure, digital forensics, cryptography, or incident response, this is your shot at prototyping the future of cybersecurity.
🤝 Partners & Sponsors
Co-hosts
Technology Partners
Community Partners
Abdelaziz Zizou Brahmi - Board Member, Security Builder Club
Judges
🏆 Tracks
Projects can compete across areas including:
Incident Response
Offensive Security
AI Security
Bonus Sponsor Challenges
More tracks and sponsor prize buckets to be announced.
🏆 Demo Format
Every team submits a live demo at code freeze.
The Top 5 highest-scoring teams will present their project live.
From those finalists, judges will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Projects will be judged on:
Technical execution
Security impact
Product thinking
AI autonomy
UX clarity
Real-world applicability
Safety and responsible AI design