Red Team Village returns to DEF CON 34, bringing together red teamers and offensive security practitioners for hands-on workshops, panels, and community-driven learning throughout the conference.

Bishop Fox's Billy Giles, Managing Senior Consultant, will take part in two sessions this year — a drop-in workshop on designing more meaningful red team exercises, and a panel debating where AI fits into the future of red teaming.

"Stop Chasing Domain Admin: Designing Red Team Exercises That Matter" Workshop

Speaker: Billy Giles, Managing Senior Consultant, Bishop Fox

Abstract: You got domain admin. No alerts fired. The red team "won." But did the exercise actually test anything that matters? Red team engagements are often judged on familiar markers like full compromise, stealth, or novel technique — outcomes that showcase operator skill but frequently fail to answer the question the engagement was meant to address.

This session challenges that pattern, pushing back on the tendency to optimize for technical achievement instead of meaningful outcomes. Through a short presentation and an interactive, drop-in workshop, participants will learn how to design red team exercises around clear defensive questions — building out real-world engagement components like objectives, starting conditions, technique selection, and success metrics.

The workshop is modular, so attendees can join at any point and engage at their own pace. Whether you spend five minutes or the full session, you'll leave with a practical framework for planning red team operations that deliver actionable insight — and a clearer sense of what red teaming is supposed to accomplish in the first place.

"Is Red Teaming Dead?" Panel

Speakers: Ben Sadeghipour (@NahamSec), moderator; Ads Dawson (@0xmoose); Ryan Montgomery (@0day); Billy Giles, Managing Senior Consultant, Bishop Fox

Abstract: AI is reshaping how offensive security work gets done — and red teaming is no exception. This panel brings together practitioners for a candid debate on whether AI-driven tooling and models are poised to take over red teaming, or whether the discipline's value is fundamentally human. Expect a range of perspectives on where automation helps, where it falls short, and what the future of the craft looks like.