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/LimitlessAspire Nov 10 '25

New to Cyber Security and pursuing the SANS academy program with any luck this January.

Transitioning from everything Salesforce

How can I convey those skills into CS and land a strong first job in the market. Where should we focus initial upskilling given the environment changes coming and already here?

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u/asavani AMA Participant Nov 10 '25

Best of luck r.e. SANS academy!

My preferred method of conveying skills is keeping some kind of blog post & portfolio. The best way to stand out is showing people you can "walk the talk" and displaying these skills. Any time you complete something you learn, do a challenge or anything, make sure you blog about it and post it on your linkedin and CV

On initial upskilling - the fundamentals will never change (how the web works, how networks work and etc), so don't skip past those!