A write-up from my cybersecurity self-study — August 2026
Why I did this room
As part of building on my Cyber Security degree with hands-on practice, I completed the Nmap room on TryHackMe. Nmap (Network Mapper) is one of the most widely used tools in the industry for network discovery and security auditing, and it’s referenced constantly in job specs for SOC analyst and IT support roles — so I wanted to move from knowing it in theory to actually using it.
What the room covered
The room walked through Nmap from first principles:
