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2 is particularly relevant and more than solid grasp of CS is required depending on what you choose to do within the field. Malware Analysis for example can require understanding data structures, calling conventions, x86, compiler internals, etc.

Security is actually one of the few fields where I think you see a really interesting mix of theoretical and applied CS. Things like complexity theory, formal program analysis, etc pop up quite often.



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