Can AI Replace Security Management Specialists in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 72% of today's security management specialists tasks by 2036, and there is a 42% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

38%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

15% 2030 · 42% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.1 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Retail Loss Prevention Specialists29% risk by 2036 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers31% risk by 2036 Blockchain Engineers30% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Prepare documentation for case reports or court proceedings".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Monitor tapes or digital recordings to identify the source of losses".Get visibly better at your human core: "Inspect fire, intruder detection, or other security systems".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Retail Loss Prevention Specialists.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Retail Loss Prevention Specialists — 29% chance of contraction by 2036
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers — 31% chance of contraction by 2036
Blockchain Engineers — 30% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Information Security Engineers · Loss Prevention Managers · Security Managers · Computer Network Architects

Based on 23 O*NET tasks for "Security Management Specialists" (SOC 13-1199.07). LLM alone: 17% of tasks; with AI tools: 87%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10