Security Researcher

Security Researchers keep current with the latest cyber threats and threat actor techniques.

Role overview

A Security Researcher stays informed on the current, new and emerging technology, proposed standards, and threat actors that could be used to exploit application and system vulnerabilities. They then examine its functions and present these findings to their organization or a larger audience, often creating proof of concept exploits as well. These professionals are immersed in technology with a desire to understand the inner workings of the research subject matter and other cybersecurity threats.

Security Researchers

may also be referred to as:

Adversary Researcher

Appsec Security Research Engineer

Cloud Security Researcher

Crypto and Blockchain Researcher

Cyber Attack Researcher

Cyber Exploitation Researcher

Cyber-Physical Systems Research Engineer

Cyber Research Advisor

Cyber Research Analyst

Cyber Research Scientist

Cyber Researcher

Cybercrime Research Analyst

Cybersecurity Vulnerability Researcher

Embedded Security Researcher

Exploit Developer

Exploit Engineer

Exploit Researcher

Exploitation Analyst

Exploitation And Malware Researcher SME

Hardware Exploitation Researcher

Insider Threat Researcher

Mobile Security Researcher

Network Exploitation And Vulnerability Research Analyst

Research Assistant Cybersecurity Researcher

Research Reverse Engineering

Research Scientist Security And Privacy

Researcher Vulnerability Exploitation

Security Research Analyst

Security Research Engineer

Security Research Intern

Security Researcher

Security Researcher (Red Team)

Systems Analysis And Exploitation Researcher

Technical Cyber Researcher

Threat Intelligence Research Engineer

Threat Researcher

Vulnerability Research Engineer

Vulnerability Researcher

Career Path

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Average Salary

Based upon experience, salary for this role ranges from:

$150,000

National Average

$175,000

$200,000

* based upon those with two plus years of cybersecurity experience

Responsibilities

• Researching emerging cybersecurity technologies and threats.

• Evaluating security solutions and contributing to research publications.

• Developing new approaches to threat management.

• Identifying new methods for improving awareness and countering new threats.

• Dismantling malware to see what vulnerabilities the software is exploiting in order to glean intelligence about its structure and how it communicates.

• Building behavior profiles so security analysts and incident responders can identify future threats.

Tools & Environment

Security Researchers need a deep understanding of cybersecurity threats, exploits, and threat actor techniques involving hardware, software, networks, protocols, and architectures and their implications. They should also be able to use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools, debuggers, disassemblers, programming languages , and large datasets.