Technology · SOC 15-1212
AI strengthens threat detection but also creates new attack surfaces, making seasoned analyst judgment more critical, not less.
Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
Timeline: AI-driven SIEM tools already automate alert triage and known-pattern detection; demand for analysts who can reason about novel AI-enabled attacks is rising and will outpace any displacement for at least 5-7 years.
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$108,970 median pay
$108,970 median pay
$130,390 median pay
$108,970 median pay
$108,970 median pay
$108,970 median pay
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Information Security Analysts is watch on AIFear. Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
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Our AI Fear Score for Information Security Analysts is 50/100 (Watch). Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
50 out of 100, based on an AI-model review of this occupation's O*NET tasks against what current AI can actually do.
Most exposed: Monitoring for known virus signatures and patch timing, Documenting security procedures and policy templates, Running standard compliance and risk-assessment checklists, Reviewing routine access-violation logs. Harder to automate: Training staff to recognize novel social engineering, Responding to zero-day incidents requiring rapid judgment, Interpreting ambiguous threat signals in organizational context.
Lean into AI-powered threat detection, Incident response leadership, Security architecture design, Adversarial AI awareness, Zero-trust network design. Consider roles such as Security Operations Center Manager or Chief Information Security Officer or Threat Intelligence Analyst.
Tasks, skills and AI-exposure for this role were reviewed by an AI model against its O*NET task profile (curated roles use published research anchors). Pay and employment, where shown, are U.S. BLS OEWS (May 2024) figures. This is an estimate, not a prediction about any individual's job. Compare all occupations.