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How does one become a security researcher?

• debuasca 9y ago
  Contribute to open source security projects/tools.
• kleer001 9y ago
  It wouldn't hurt to go to Security conventions and start networking.
• cypherg 9y ago
  depends what kind of security researcher. AppSec is p hot rn. Mobile sec is p hot. Browser security research can still advance quite a ways. ExploitDev is always popular. Just depends what niche you want to go into. Once you know your niche, just start publishing research (vulns, analysis, something interesting FFS) and sharing it online. If the research is legit, it's not hard to get noticed.
  • a_lifters_life 9y ago
    I especially like the last sentence here. Thanks
• SamHoustonCM 9y ago
  There are a ton of different directions that you can head in and focus on. I encourage you to start/look at stuff that you're genuinely interested in and excited about. I've written a "Getting Started" guide for security researchers that people have said is helpful. I hope it helps you out :) https://blog.bugcrowd.com/getting-started-bug-bounty-hunter-methodology https://blog.bugcrowd.com/getting-started-bug-bounty-hunter-...
  • a_lifters_life 9y ago
    Sam - very helpful. Thanks
    • SamHoustonCM 9y ago
      Awesome! Great to hear. Feel free to ping me if you have questions.