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Will AI replace information security engineers?

Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 63% of the working time in a typical information security engineer job today. The other 37% still needs a person.

20 responsibilities · a typical information security engineer job

37% of the work still needs a person.

Still needs a person: 37% of the timeAI could take on: 63%

Median pay $116,580 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

By our scores, AI could do or help with every listed responsibility. A person still checks its work.

AI can do or help with

  • Coordinate security monitoring across systems AI helps
  • Assess security control quality AI helps
  • Fix information security problems AI helps
  • Troubleshoot security and network problems AI helps
  • Scan networks for vulnerabilities AI helps
  • Train and oversee staff on security policy AI helps

The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces. See all 20, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace information security engineers?

Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 63% of the working time in a typical information security engineer job today. The other 37% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: coordinate security monitoring across systems, assess security control quality, fix information security problems, troubleshoot security and network problems, scan networks for vulnerabilities, train and oversee staff on security policy.

Which parts still need a person?

By our scores, AI could do or help with every listed responsibility, but a person still checks its work.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 20 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. Scores version 0.5.1, updated September 29, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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