AI exposure: Security Managers
Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.
Reading this score
computed36.4% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Security Managers at the 64th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.6 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 28 tasks it averages 2.20 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Review financial reports to ensure efficiency and quality of security operations, at 73.3%. The least is Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following..., at 0.0%. A gap of 73.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 46 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 28 tasks, 16 are currently banded exposed, 10 assisted and 2 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
28 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review financial reports to ensure efficiency and quality of security operations. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Prepare reports or make presentations on internal investigations, losses, or violations of regulations, policies and procedures. | 63.3% | 36.7% | 0.0% | 3.70 | exposed |
| Write or review security-related documents, such as incident reports, proposals, and tactical or strategic initiatives. | 60.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 3.65 | exposed |
| Develop budgets for security operations. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 4.65 | exposed |
| Purchase security-related supplies, equipment, or technology. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.65 | exposed |
| Develop, conduct, support, or assist in governmental reviews, internal corporate evaluations, or assessments of the overall effectiveness of facility and personnel security processes. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.20 | exposed |
| Conduct threat or vulnerability analyses to determine probable frequency, criticality, consequence, or severity of natural or man-made disasters or criminal activity on the organization's profitability or delivery of products or services. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.05 | exposed |
| Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents. | 42.5% | 32.5% | 25.0% | 4.20 | exposed |
| Monitor and ensure a sound, ethical environment. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.89 | exposed |
| Support efforts to reduce substance abuse or other illegal activities in the workplace. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.41 | exposed |
| Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning. | 31.2% | 31.2% | 37.5% | 4.50 | assisted |
| Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 4.55 | assisted |
| Develop, recommend, or manage security procedures for operations or processes, such as security call centers, access control, and reporting tools. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 4.10 | assisted |
| Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 3.95 | assisted |
| Coordinate security operations or activities with public law enforcement, fire and other agencies. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 3.95 | assisted |
| Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.00 | exposed |
| Train subordinate security professionals or other organization members in security rules and procedures. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.75 | exposed |
| Develop, arrange for, perform, or assess executive protection activities to reduce security risks. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.61 | exposed |
| Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.20 | assisted |
| Develop, implement, manage, or evaluate policies and methods to protect personnel against harassment, threats, or violence. | 22.2% | 27.8% | 50.0% | 4.11 | assisted |
| Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining. | 21.7% | 28.3% | 50.0% | 4.11 | assisted |
| Plan security for special and high-risk events. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 4.06 | assisted |
| Develop or manage investigation programs, including collection and preservation of video and notes of surveillance processes or investigative interviews. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 3.74 | assisted |
| Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 4.60 | untouched |
| Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.30 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.59 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.51 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.01 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.49 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.20 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.80 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.