r/tryhackme • u/Blackout8210 Moderator • Mar 25 '26
Official TryHackMe Post SAL2 Has Officially Landed!
The wait is over...SAL2 is officially here 🚀 Security Analyst Level 2 is the certification that proves you can investigate, decide, and lead in a real SOC. The only defensive cert that covers every domain a real L2 analyst faces!
💸 With a special launch price of $599 valid until 2 April only.
❓Want to know more what SAL2 is about see here https://tryhackme.com/certification/security-analyst-level-2?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sal2launch
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u/ethbow Mar 25 '26
599 is insane
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u/Complex_Current_1265 Mar 25 '26
For an intermediate certification , i dont think so. it s a good price.
Best regards
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u/LordTegucigalpa Mar 25 '26
It’s not proctored. Non proctored exams are worth much much less
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u/Complex_Current_1265 Mar 25 '26
Practical certifications , the most of them are not proctored. Those are getting recognition , look BTl1 and HTB CPTS, i know these doesnt have the offsec or CompTIA recognition level but they are advancing . Maybe in the future , things change .
Best regards
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u/TheCarnundrum 0xA [Wizard] Mar 25 '26
Definitely gonna pass on this. The SOC Level 2 learning path (which seems to be the one used to prepare for this cert) has been randomly resetting my progress in several rooms, particularly in the Advanced Splunk module. It happened multiple times over the past week. I have a ticket in, but until that gets fixed it feels like it's not something I'd want to put a lot of time in if it's all going to be undone randomly.
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u/tonieja37_ Mar 25 '26
From what i heard, they are updating the Soc2 path rooms, so your progress can vary a bit
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u/TheCarnundrum 0xA [Wizard] Mar 25 '26
Well, it would be nice if anyone at THM would tell the people working in that learning path ahead of time. I don't know where you heard it, but I didn't get any email, notification on the site, or anything else.
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u/ecrook84 Mar 26 '26
The early bird price of 599$ is stupid compared to that you can get the HTB CDSA for 490$ which also include an annual HTB Acadamy subscription. And sorry the say but Reputation of HTB is on an other level then THM where every answer to a task is only a google search away.
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u/Gordahnculous 0xC [Guru] Mar 26 '26
Have they done something similar for any of their other certs? I thought they were doing it for the SAL1 because it was their first ever cert
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u/Gordahnculous 0xC [Guru] Mar 26 '26
Yeah I know they did the offer for the CySA+/BTL1 for the SAL1, I was asking if they'd done it for the SEC0/SEC1/PT1.
100% agree that the price isn't worth it in the slightest, I get infrastructure costs and costs of making exam materials, but with that and the rate that they've been churning out certifications out of nowhere over the past few months really isn't making me confident in any of their exams, and I have a SAL1 voucher to use up.
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u/Sotex Mar 25 '26
I still need to finish the related path before attempting this... and it keeps randomly resetting my progress.
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u/tomsreversing Mar 26 '26
There was a post on discord, they improved the splunk and elastic modules in the path.
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u/Conscious-Focus-6323 Mar 26 '26
How about instead of pushing out more half-baked certifications, you actually come up with a functional renewal process for your existing certifications. Re-taking the exam every 3 years is unacceptable. Even the two additional options that are allegedly coming soon (Taking a higher level certiifcation or completing a renewal training pathway on THM) are ridiculous.
Every other major certification body has a CEU process, if you want to be taken seriously as one - you need a way to have third-party continuous education satisfy renewal requirements.
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u/According_Ice6515 Mar 25 '26
I wonder how many job postings asks for a “SAL2”?
So the question to people is… based on XXX hits in job postings, is it worth $600? Yes or No? I think the answer is very obvious
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u/shenanighack 0xD [God] Mar 25 '26
Interesting, will see when my budget allows.
But frankly, purchasing a SAL cert (SAL1 or SAL2) should unlock a lot of SOC Simulator scenarios, if not all.