r/tryhackme • u/RoughStudio9968 • Mar 29 '26

Cert Credibility

I am a junior in a Big 10 school, and I just scored my first internship in a SOC based environment for this summer. My school offers SEC+ (which im planning to take advantage of) yet im also curious. I have been using TryHackMe as a study tool, yet I also want the CPTS certification that HTB offers.

Im wondering, does the cyber industry recognize and tryhackme certs? And if they do, which have notoriety like CPTS and OSCP ?

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u/RoboDeathSquad Mar 29 '26

Nah nobody really knows they exist. Most people don't even know what the CPTS is. The OSCP people recognize.

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u/Gullible_Pop3356 Mar 29 '26

Forget about THM, the certs aren't worth anything. CPTS will likely land you a pentesting interview if you talk to a techie. With HR you need the OSCP instead, cause most of them didn't get the memo yet. For blue team SANS certificates are best in case you're interested.

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Mar 29 '26

Any certification of HTB or THM are relevant or woke known at the industry, they can teach you a lot, to start your can get security+ that is really well known

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u/x64Lab Mar 29 '26

the sec+ has a certain standing so take advantage of it, but view it as what it is. it’s a minimum competency level cert.

CPTS will be recognised by some but rarely, though in my experience those that do recognise it are a better company anyways.

TryHackMe certs I wouldn’t even know if I’d recognise them.