Will AI replace Security Managers?

What this score means

Security Managers sits in the middle of the exposure range for Management. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 42 out of 100 it scores 4 points above the Management average of 38. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 34 to 54, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Security Managers, most central first, showing 12 of 28.

• 01Develop budgets for security operations.
• 02Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.
• 03Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.
• 04Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning.
• 05Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures.
• 06Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment.
• 07Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures.
• 08Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents.
• 09Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.
• 10Develop, implement, manage, or evaluate policies and methods to protect personnel against harassment, threats, or violence.
• 11Develop, recommend, or manage security procedures for operations or processes, such as security call centers, access control, and reporting tools.
• 12Plan security for special and high-risk events.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 4 research sources that scored Security Managers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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