Can you promote in r/cybersecurity?
This subreddit is for discussing cybersecurity topics, research, and emergent threats/findings.
The short answer
Answer publicly with helpful, non-salesy technical information, disclose your affiliation, avoid links or DM solicitations unless allowed by the advertising guidelines, and keep promotion rare and within the 10%/once-per-week limits.
What works here
- Answer technical questions with expertise
- Share educational articles if properly flaired (e.g., 'Corporate Blog')
- Mention your product for transparency when directly relevant
- Participate regularly as a community member (not just promotion)
What gets posts removed
- Posting ads or solicitation to DM/contact directly
- Frequent product posts exceeding 10% of activity or more than once/week
- Using threads to drive sales or recruit customers
- Posting AI-generated content or low-effort promotion
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo advertising
Subreddit explicitly forbids advertising and points to advertising guidelines; soliciting DMs/calls instead of posting answers may result in ban.
Promotion limits
Self-promotion must be under 10% of your posts/comments and limited to once per week per promoted entity.
Corporate blog flair
Educational articles or blogs that contain advertisement must use the 'Corporate Blog' flair.
Relevant, professional content only
Subreddit is for cybersecurity professionals; posts must be relevant and high-quality which discourages salesy content.
AI/content restrictions
AI-generated content is explicitly forbidden, so avoid automated promotional posts.
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 July 21, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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