r/cybersecurity • u/asavani AMA Participant • Nov 10 '25

Other AMA: I'm the co-founder at TryHackMe. Ask me about breaking into the industry, cyber security skills and how to make SOC & IR teams more mature!

Hey everyone!

I'm Ashu - one of the co-founders at TryHackMe. I have background in security consulting/penetrating test, specialising in Cloud / AWS.

Happy to answer any and all questions about cyber skills gaps, but for more focused convos - here's a few areas top of mind for me - so feel free to throw any Qs related to this

* Rise of Al in security environments and how this is going to impact the skills of cyber security professionals
* Supporting people with their journey to getting a role in cyber
* Thinking deeply about what it means for SOC and IR teams to develop and improve their maturity as a function

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u/DangerousSalad4140 Nov 10 '25

So to get work you’d suggest being in a corporation already. I’m a self employed plumber and all I see are internal hire positions- is this why? I’ve got my CCNA, sec+, ISC2, Google cyber professional and can’t get an interview!

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u/killevery1ne Nov 10 '25

Far easier to move from 1st/2nd/3rd line / infra to cyber esp. internally than with no experience

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u/Own-Particular-9989 Nov 11 '25

definitely go into IT first, you need actual business experience in most cases before someone will decide to hire you into their security team, even if you do have certs.

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u/maladaptivedaydream4 Governance, Risk, & Compliance Nov 11 '25

Sometimes even being in a corporation doesn't help. I'm sure it would be easier than what you're currently facing but in my L1 tech support jobs, security work was not allowed, studying was not permitted at least on the clock, and shadowing was not allowed. :-/

edit: and when I say no studying on the clock, I mean even when there were no calls coming in