Threat Research Analyst, Global Security Organization
TikTok.com
Office
San Jose, California, United States
Full Time
The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. Also known as "GSO", this team is the foundation of our efforts to keep TikTok safe, secure, and operating at scale for over 1 billion people around the world. We work to ensure that the TikTok platform is safe and secure, that our users' experience and their data remains safe from external or internal threats, and that we comply with global regulations wherever TikTok operates.
Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us — whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop — GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience.
As a Threat Research Analyst, you will be a member of TikTok’s Threat and Incident Management Team. responsible for threat detection, intelligence, threat hunting, incident response, Insider risk.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits relevant to our infrastructure and products.
- Research new methods and technologies to detect cyber threats, identify signals, and design data-driven approaches that use these signals to identify security threats and security breaches.
- Bring insight into all aspects of modern security issues to our products and rapidly developing prototypes for mitigations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional software engineering teams in developing products and services for delivering security assurance.
- Create and maintain use cases for intelligence monitoring, develop and deliver high-quality written products and oral intelligence briefings
- Identify and assess emerging risks, including analysis of deep and dark web data
- Apply cutting-edge AI technologies/Machine Learning (ML) to develop innovative AI solutions for security.
Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us — whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop — GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience.
As a Threat Research Analyst, you will be a member of TikTok’s Threat and Incident Management Team. responsible for threat detection, intelligence, threat hunting, incident response, Insider risk.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits relevant to our infrastructure and products.
- Research new methods and technologies to detect cyber threats, identify signals, and design data-driven approaches that use these signals to identify security threats and security breaches.
- Bring insight into all aspects of modern security issues to our products and rapidly developing prototypes for mitigations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional software engineering teams in developing products and services for delivering security assurance.
- Create and maintain use cases for intelligence monitoring, develop and deliver high-quality written products and oral intelligence briefings
- Identify and assess emerging risks, including analysis of deep and dark web data
- Apply cutting-edge AI technologies/Machine Learning (ML) to develop innovative AI solutions for security.
Threat Research Analyst, Global Security Organization
Office
San Jose, California, United States
Full Time
September 30, 2025