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Cyber leaders, don't measure what you've built. Measure what you can do under pressure.

Sooner or later , the question arrives, usually from the people an organization least wants to improvise in front of such as the auditor, the insurer, the regulator, the board: can your team execute under pressure?

Incident Response training for security teams: What good actually looks like

When it comes to cybersecurity training, three things tend to separate the solutions with actual impact from what just looks good on paper: realism, hands-on practice, and a genuine feedback loop.

Is your security team AI ready? What genuine AI capability looks like

Teams are being asked to protect systems they do not understand end to end, so what usually gets deployed in response is a patchwork of small, disconnected controls rather than a coherent framework built around an actual understanding of the risk

Cybersecurity certifications for teams: How to build a program around Security Analyst Level 1 and 2

The majority of widely recognized security certifications were designed for individual career development, and are detached from the needs of hiring organizations. This creates a specific problem for managers trying to build an actionable understanding of team readiness.

Blue team training for SOC teams: How to move from individual skills to team readiness

A team of individually strong analysts who have never practiced responding together is not a ready team. It's a collection of capable individuals who haven't become an operational unit.

What is a cyber range? The answer has changed.

The cyber range market has productized significantly. But across the board, the market doesn't accommodate most security teams, and forces a compromise on the thing that matters most: continuous improvement.

Cybersecurity training for UK security teams: what enterprise buyers need to know

Before a platform reaches your analysts, it has to clear procurement, satisfy InfoSec, pass legal review, and in many organisations survive a finance sign-off that nobody budgeted for. For UK security teams, that process carries specific requirements.

Tabletop templates are not the answer for small security teams

Tabletop exercise templates give small security teams a false sense of readiness. They're generic by design, require a human facilitator to run well, and can't adapt to your stack, your threat landscape, or the way your team actually makes decisions under pressure.

AI risk doesn't care what your job title is

As we were creating our new AI security path, we spoke to leaders across healthcare, finance, automotive, manufacturing and insurance to understand what they were most worried about, and where we could help.

5 Things We Learned About Optimizing SOC Onboarding

Earlier this week, TryHackMe content engineers Niels Deryckere and Gabriel Novaes sat down with Head of Content Engineering, Marta Strzelec to talk about one of the most overlooked problems in security operations: effective onboarding. Here's what came out of that conversation.

What’s more valuable: spotting a breach or explaining why it matters?

What’s more valuable: spotting a breach or explaining why it matters?

The ability to explain what’s happening in the right language for the right audiences within and outside the SOC determines whether security work has any impact at all.

Bad SOC onboarding is frustrating. It’s also expensive.

Every day a new SOC analyst isn't fully operational is a day your coverage has a gap. Multiply that by 11–13 months and you're looking at a business risk. Many great teams are quietly carrying this risk without anyone estimating its true material impact.

Mid-senior SOC practitioners deserve better than a certificate of attendance

You know your SOC team is good. How do you objectively prove it to the wider business?

7 lessons for building cyber security allies: a chat with SSAB’s Eric Andresen

We spoke to Eric Andresen, Senior Manager of Information Security at SSAB, about how he built an internal network of engaged business leaders who serve as "force multipliers" for cybersecurity

Training? Do you mean culture shift? A spotlight on ARAG IT

Training? Do you mean culture shift? A spotlight on ARAG IT

What happens when cybersecurity training becomes structured, measurable, and aligned to real roles? ARAG IT shows how a fragmented approach can evolve into a program that drives both skills and culture.

Onboarding velocity is a force multiplier: a spotlight on Huntress

Huntress reduced SOC onboarding time by 50%, cutting ramp-up from 90 days to 45 while saving nearly $70,000 in training costs. By shifting to structured, hands-on training with greater manager visibility, they accelerated speed to competency without compromising rigor.

How to Do Cybersecurity Workforce Planning: Building, Measuring, and Future-Proofing the Modern Security Team

Cybersecurity has entered a new era one defined not by the scale of threats we face, but by the speed at which those threats evolve. Adversaries innovate faster than traditional hiring cycles, training programmes, or organisational restructuring can keep up. Boards are asking tougher questions. Regulators are increasing expectations. Business

Inside the NCSC 2025 Review: The Cyber Skills Crisis We Can’t Ignore

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published its Annual Review 2025 - and its message is crystal clear: cyber threats are evolving faster than most organisations can adapt.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Maturing Your SOC

In this guide, we’ll take you through the key steps to maturing your SOC!

TryHackMe’s NEW SOC Simulator: Redefining SOC Analyst Training

TryHackMe’s NEW SOC Simulator: Redefining SOC Analyst Training

We're proud to present the SOC Simulator, an innovative training solution that immerses SOC analysts in a realistic, hands-on environment.

Using CTF Challenges to Sharpen Your Team's Defence Skills

Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges have become an essential tool for building and enhancing cyber readiness. In this blog, we explore the benefits of CTF competitions, the skills they develop, and why they're essential for teams.

Advent of Cyber: Win Over $100,000 in Prizes!

This year’s Advent of Cyber has finally landed! Solve daily, festive challenges to be in with the chance of winning over $100,000 in prizes.

Training, Retaining & Upskilling SOC Teams

Training, Retaining & Upskilling SOC Teams

To ensure SOC teams are up to speed and prepared in all scenarios, it’s crucial to arm your team with the knowledge needed to mitigate negative implications of emerging and evolving tactics.

Introducing the TryHackMe Admin Success Centre!

Introducing Success Centre, assisting Training Leads, Admins, and Team Managers by providing checklists, news, announcements, and resources!

8 Tips for Leading a SOC Team

8 Tips for Leading a SOC Team

As a successful SOC manager must be able to lead a team of employees effectively, we’ve compiled a list of our top tips!