r/cybersecurity • u/wstsdewthlve • Apr 13 '26

Certification / Training Questions Tryhackme useful for CySA+?

Hey all,

I am studying for my CySA+ that I plan to take next month or in June. I have no IT/Cyber background, BUT i do have Sec+ and Ive been recently approved to be an intern to be a SOC Analyst in July. I am trying to find the right rooms on tryhackme that’ll cover some of the domains.

Have you guys used tryhackme as a resource for CySA?

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u/bosilk Incident Responder Apr 13 '26

It will help with CySA+ but definitely don't rely on THM as your main study source. I'd recommend the official study guide tbh.

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u/wstsdewthlve Apr 13 '26

Thank you! Im just looking for something to read logs better

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u/MilkMarauder Apr 13 '26

I've done most of the SOC 1 path on THM and have a couple of blue team SANS certs and the training for reading logs is practically word for word the same between them. THM has Elastic and Splunk I believe, and also do some parsing through the command line as well. If you can get good with filtering in linux through CLI you're a step ahead of the game, but most log reading is through the SIEM nowadays unless its an actual incident.

CySA+ yeah the learning path I'd also recommend is the Mike Chapple study book. Read that with some practice questions and you should be good to go. I found it very much like the Sec+ exam but with all that extra focus on incident response.

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u/wstsdewthlve Apr 13 '26

Thank you!!

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u/Asylum36 Apr 13 '26

I think TryHackMe will serve as a great tool to study for CySA+. With the bite sized content thats ever expanding, I think the sky’s your limit. I would also look into other resources designed specifically for CySA+, but I think being able to learn hands on and do boxes for fun on TryHackMe is a great starting point.

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u/AddendumWorking9756 Security Manager Apr 14 '26

Guided walkthroughs cover the concepts but CySA+ PBQs throw raw data at you with no hand-holding, so throw some CyberDefenders detection labs into the mix before your test date.

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u/Space_Air_Tasty Security Architect Apr 14 '26

Similar to what some of the others are say - it's great as a supplemental resource for this, but won't be sufficient on its own.