Ho ho hackety ho! It’s your favourite time of the year again - Advent of Cyber! And best of all, it’s FREE to enter, and we're giving away over $50,000 worth of awesome goodies 🎁
This year's Advent of Cyber covers various topics, including Penetration Testing, Security Operations, Security Engineering, Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Machine Learning, and Malware Analysis.
We’re also super excited to be working with some big names in the cyber security industry, including John Hammond, Gerald Auger, InsiderPHD, InfoSec Pat, HuskyHacks, David Alves, UnixGuy, Day Cyberwox, Tib3rius, Alh4zr3d, Tyler Ramsbey, and John Breth.
Can you help Elf McSkidy and her team tackle Advent of Cyber 2023? This time, we'll need your help gathering evidence to prove who was behind a series of sabotage attacks.
What is Advent of Cyber?
Advent of Cyber is a game-changer in your learning experience, with festive cyber security challenges released every day leading up to Christmas. We know that security can be a daunting field, and can be difficult for beginners to get started. Advent of Cyber is a FREE event that helps you kick start your security journey.
Each day in December, a new (beginner-friendly) task will be released, following a fun Christmas storyline! Every task has both written learning content and a supporting video, ensuring you’re never left out in the cold.
Win over $50,000 worth of prizes!
Introducing our biggest prize draw yet, with 671 prizes totalling over $50,000. The more tasks you complete, the higher your chances of winning big! Prizes include game consoles, computer equipment, tower PCs, VR headsets, exam vouchers, swag vouchers, TryHackMe subscriptions, AWS training, plus much, much more 🎁
All winners will be announced on Thursday 28th December, and will individually be contacted with the email address signed up to TryHackMe.
Did we mention you can also win daily prizes too? That’s right! Every day you complete a question, you’ll be entered into a separate prize draw for the chance to win a mini-prize. Prize winners will be announced every Wednesday on Twitter, and winners will be contacted via email. For more information on prizes, please read our Terms & Conditions.
Certificates and badges
Complete all daily tasks to receive a certificate of completion and a badge to recognise your participation and efforts! Many companies across the cyber security field seek TryHackMe experience as desired when hiring new employees, so collecting certificates throughout your learning journey can help you excel in achieving your career goals.
Grab your limited edition swag!
This year, we launched a new limited edition Advent of Cyber t-shirt! You can purchase yours right here in our swag store.
Or, if you want to be in with the chance of winning, we’re also running giveaways throughout December! Keep an eye out on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Discord.
Advent of Cyber for Business
Get ready to empower your team, enhance skills, track progress seamlessly, and supercharge team building and collaboration!
Advent of Cyber is a game-changer for teams, with festive beginner-friendly cyber security challenges released every day leading up to Christmas. Your team will have a great chance of being rewarded for their efforts, with over $50,000 worth of awesome goodies up for grabs! 🎁
Advent of Cyber is free for all users, so your team won’t need a TryHackMe Business subscription to take advantage of the wonderful benefits throughout the month. Think of Advent of Cyber as the perfect taster to see how TryHackMe can take your team learning to the next level!
Want to win a free t-shirt? If you’re a TryHackMe Business user and get another team in your organisation to sign up for Advent of Cyber, we'll award you a free TryHackMe t-shirt! To claim, please reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager.
And don’t forget, when you introduce a new team to TryHackMe, we'll also provide three free licenses for 6 weeks! Available for a limited time only.
Advent of Cyber for Education
Advent of Cyber is the perfect way to engage your students with a structured and hands-on learning experience that will give them a great introduction to cyber security.
Advent of Cyber enables teachers to engage users in a fun, festive, and free learning event. Meanwhile, students can explore various beginner-friendly topics, with supported content to guide them through every task.
And as for the prizes, we’re giving students everything they need to advance their cyber security education! Prizes include tower PCs, headphones, home office equipment, TryHackMe premium subscription vouchers, plus much more.
Ben Spring
