Trend Micro
Senior Threat Researcher, FTR
US Off-Site · Senior
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About the role
- TrendAI's Forward Looking Threat Research team (FTR) is a global team of Senior Researchers tasked with "Scouting the Future of Threats" - looking at the next 1-3 years of likely future risk in security.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Law Enforcement (Interpol, Europol, FBI, NCA, and others) where research surfaces actionable intelligence
- Demonstrated ability to think and operate on both sides of the intrusion lifecycle - you don't need to be equally deep in both, but you need to have done real work in both and be conversant enough to design research that crosses the line between them
- A "hacker mentality": the ability to quickly identify security weaknesses in design, architecture, process, and implementation - and equally, the instinct to ask "how would a defender ever catch this?"
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in at least one of the following, with meaningful working exposure to the other:
- Strong understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and adversary tradecraft mapping, from either the attacking or the detection side
- Track record of independent research - self-directed, curious, comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited prior art.
- Prior published research, conference talks, or CTF/competition track record
- Experience with underground/deep web research, malware analysis, or cybercrime business model research
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electronics/Communication Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline - or a strong self-taught, proven skillset and equivalent hands-on experience.
- Core experience (required):
Skills
- The cutting edge of cybercriminal techniques and business models today (Underground, Targeted Attacks, Threat Actor tracking)
- How attackers actually get in, move, and stay hidden
- What technologies are emerging now and in the near future, and how both attackers and defenders will adapt to them
Company info
- Position Summary TrendAI's Forward Looking Threat Research team (FTR) is a global team of Senior Researchers tasked with "Scouting the Future of Threats" - looking at the next 1-3 years of likely future risk in security.
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