r/cybersecurity is a subreddit with 1.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses automation, cybersecurity, and advice, and they frequently recommend/review edr, siem, and antivirus.
This subreddit is for discussing cybersecurity topics, research, and emergent threats/findings.
Popular Themes in r/cybersecurity
#1
Advice Requests
: "Got Cybersecurity Questions? I’ll Try to Help For Free"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Recommended Cloud Sandbox?"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Are cybersecurity professionals often off grid/Luddites off the clock?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/cybersecurity
#1
Automation
1 post
#2
Cybersecurity
1 post
#3
Advice
1 post
Products Discussed in r/cybersecurity
Edr
129 reviews
#1
CrowdStrike
4.3★ from 56 reviews
#2
Microsoft
3.8★ from 21 reviews
#3
SentinelOne
3.7★ from 15 reviews
Siem
121 reviews
#1
Splunk
4.3★ from 12 reviews
#2
Wazuh
4.8★ from 9 reviews
#3
Rapid7
4.1★ from 8 reviews
Antivirus
31 reviews
#1
Microsoft Defender
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#2
CrowdStrike
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
SentinelOne
4.3★ from 4 reviews
Flair Used in r/cybersecurity
#1
News - General
: "Hackers abuse Faronics Deploy admin tool to install ScreenConnect"
30 posts
#2
Business Security Questions & Discussion
: "What Software do you use to check email links or downloads?"
28 posts
#3
Career Questions & Discussion
: "Which area of cybersecurity will be the most resistant to AI and layoffs?"
21 posts
#4
Personal Support & Help!
: "Serious ethical concerns about the IT / cybersecurity industry"
17 posts
#5
Other
: "Why are hacker group names so stupid?"
11 posts
#6
AI Security
: "How can you tell in system logs when an AI agent is trying to break rules, rather than a human hacker?"
7 posts
#7
New Vulnerability Disclosure
: "FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses"
6 posts
#8
Research Article
: "Content debt is now an engineering problem"
6 posts
#9
Corporate Blog
: "The Hugging Face Incident Is Not an AI Story"
3 posts
#10
Certification / Training Questions
: "Security+ vs CCNA Cyber for Network Engineer"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/cybersecurity
Yearly
+251k members(19.8%)
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Last updated: September 5, 2026