r/AskNetsec
269k members
r/AskNetsec is a subreddit with 269k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses websites, hard time, job search, web, and vulnerability, and they frequently recommend/review password manager, siem, and registrar.
Dedicated to those passionate about security.
Popular Themes in r/AskNetsec
#1
Solution Requests
: "Recommend Wiz io alternatives for cloud attack surface"
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How are you finding all the random infrastructure left over after an acquisition?"
6 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Title: I've been developing a security system on my own, and I'm curious what others think about the approach."
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskNetsec
#1
Websites
3 posts
#2
Hard Time
3 posts
#3
Job Search
3 posts
#4
Web
2 posts
#5
Vulnerability
2 posts
#6
Exploitation
2 posts
#7
Tools
2 posts
#8
False Positives
2 posts
#9
Account
: "How do security teams handle threats across emails, endpoints, user Account?"
2 posts
#10
Looking
1 post
Products Discussed in r/AskNetsec
Password Manager
21 reviews
#1
Bitwarden
4.5★ from 10 reviews
#2
Keeper
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
1Password
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Siem
20 reviews
#1
LogRhythm
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
AlienVault
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Security Onion
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Registrar
12 reviews
#1
namecheap
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
PorkBun
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Dnsimple
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AskNetsec
#1
Analysis
: "Is php2shell only practical against extremely low-traffic targets?"
31 posts
#2
Other
: "How much of a security risk is someone's publicly available information when it comes to social engineering?"
12 posts
#3
Concepts
: "Does runtime context prioritization fall apart with agentic workloads?"
10 posts
#4
Architecture
: "photo-only enquiry uploads using private R2 quarantine, ClamAV and image re-encoding"
8 posts
#5
Threats
: "Ho do you let staff use AI without company data leaking out?"
6 posts
#6
Work
: "Web AppSec in the AI Era"
6 posts
#7
Compliance
: "How do you detect and reconstruct a data incident fast enough to meet a 72-hour funder reporting clause?"
4 posts
#8
Education
: "MSc Research Survey: Burnout and Alert Fatigue in Security Operations"
3 posts
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Yearly
+36k members(15.3%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026