r/Information_Security

45k members
r/Information_Security is a subreddit with 45k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses security, attack, data, privacy, and breach.
Information security news, questions, analysis, and blog posts.

Popular Themes in r/Information_Security

#1
Solution Requests
: "What do you use for cloud incident response?"
4 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Anyone else unsure what a cyber posture assessment should cover?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "VAPT Finds the Weakness, But Remediation Reduces the Risk"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/Information_Security

#1

Security

: "We need to start treating privacy as the national Security issue that it is..."
39 posts
#2

Attack

: "Anthropic Says Seven China-Based AI Labs Ran Industrial-Scale Claude Distillation Attacks"
23 posts
#3

Data

: "Florida confirms DMV Database breached via stolen police account"
13 posts
#4

Privacy

: "We need to start treating Privacy as the national security issue that it is..."
13 posts
#5

Breach

: "Florida confirms DMV database Breached via stolen police account"
12 posts
#6

Ai

: "Anthropic Says Seven China-Based Ai Labs Ran Industrial-Scale Claude Distillation Attacks"
9 posts
#7

Lookup Tools

: "ClarityCheck or other Lookup Tools - what actually works best when you barely know anything about someone?"
3 posts
#8

Claritycheck

: "Claritycheck or other lookup tools - what actually works best when you barely know anything about someone?"
3 posts
#9

Infosec

2 posts
#10

Incident

: "Lessons learned from our first major ransomware Incident response and my very dumb Slack mistake"
2 posts

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Yearly
+16k members(55.6%)

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Last updated: September 16, 2026