Can you promote in r/cybersecurity?
This subreddit is for discussing cybersecurity topics, research, and emergent threats/findings.
The short answer
Answer publicly and helpfully first, disclose your affiliation if relevant, avoid links or overt calls-to-action unless clearly allowed by the wiki/guidelines and ensure you are an established community participant.
What works here
- Answer technical questions publicly
- Share educational content with 'Corporate Blog' flair
- Occasional, clearly disclosed self-promotion within limits
- Participate normally as a community member before promoting
What gets posts removed
- Posting unsolicited ads or direct solicitations
- Soliciting DMs/calls to circumvent rules
- Frequent or repeated promotional posts (>1/week or >10% of activity)
- Posting product launch pitches without disclosure/mod guidance
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo advertising rule
The subreddit explicitly forbids advertising and points to advertising guidelines; soliciting DMs/calls to circumvent the rule may result in a ban.
Promotion limits
Self-promotion must be under 10% of your posts/comments and at most once per week per promoted entity to curb spam.
Flair for corporate content
Educational articles or blogs that contain advertisement must use the 'Corporate Blog' flair.
Community focus & quality
Posts must be relevant to cybersecurity professionals and be high-effort; low-effort or AI-generated content is forbidden.
Official rules of r/cybersecurity
- 01Read the FAQ before posting
- 02Must be relevant to cybersecurity professionals
- 03No low effort / poor quality posts
- 04Security first / no editorializing
- 05No advertising
- 06No excessive promotion
- 07No personally-identifiable information.
- 08Civility
- 09Ongoing security incidents are to be collated into one thread
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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