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Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you

Job Description
AI Security Researcher / Senior AI Security Researcher

About the Role
We are looking for an AI Security Researcher / Senior AI Security Researcher to join our Forcepoint X-Labs team. This role focuses on identifying, analyzing, and mitigating AI‑assisted and AI‑abusive threats across web and email attack surfaces, including malware distribution, phishing campaigns, social engineering, and emerging attacker use of Generative AI.

You will work at the intersection of threat intelligence, malware research, AI abuse detection, and security analytics,



building practical research that directly feeds into detection logic, analytics, and production‑grade protections.
This is a hands‑on research role for someone passionate about understanding how contemporary attacks work, how attackers leverage automation and AI, and how to counter them at scale.

Key Responsibilities
Threat Research & Analysis
- Research and analyze web‑ and email‑based threats, including:
- Malware delivery campaigns
- Phishing, spear‑phishing, and business email compromise (BEC)
- AI‑generated phishing content, lures, and social‑engineering techniques
- Track and investigate malware and phishing campaigns end‑to‑end, including infrastructure, delivery vectors, payload behavior, and evolution over time.
- Perform static and dynamic analysis of malicious content, URLs, files, scripts, and artifacts.
- Conduct network traffic analysis (PCAPs) to understand attack patterns, command‑and

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