Requirements To Become a Security Researcher

Currently I am a red team operator, and while I am enjoying running the assessments I do. I've heard about security researchers, and it sounds interesting. It sounds like a miss of Red Teaming + Threat Hunting, like you find a vulnerability then you create a POC and later find how to detect if the vulnerability has been exploited. I'm curious about the role and what I should expect going into it.

Is anyone a security researcher? If so, is …

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