Will AI replace Security Managers?

Some of your tasks will be automated. People who use AI will have the edge.

Task exposure to today's AI

45/100

Moderate exposure

This is the occupation's typical task mix. Your own score can be up to 30 points higher or lower depending on how you work: routine share, people contact, judgment and how much you already use AI.

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Will AI replace Security Managers?

Not entirely. Today's AI tools can take on about 45% of the typical work in this occupation, mostly: write or review security-related documents, such as incident reports, proposals, and tactical or strategic initiatives. The parts that stay human include: Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.; Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.; Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches..

People who learn to use AI for the automatable parts keep the edge. The 3-phase plan below shows where to start.

Which tasks AI can take on

The largest tasks in this occupation, their share of the working week, and how much of each today's AI tools can do.

TaskAutomatable

Write or review security-related documents, such as incident reports, proposals, and tactical or strategic initiatives.AI already used 75%

Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols. 70%

Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives. 50%

Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property. 47%

Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.AI already used 23%

Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining. 12%

+ 22 more tasks (53% of the week) in the full test.

Your human edge

Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.
Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.
Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.

AI tools to try

ChatGPT / Claude for drafts and analysisMicrosoft 365 Copilot or Google Gemini for WorkspaceMeeting assistants (e.g. Otter, Fireflies)

Related roles

A 3-phase AI learning plan

Phase 1

AI for the admin load

Meeting notes, summaries and follow-ups with AI.
First drafts of reports, plans and emails.
Spreadsheet analysis with AI (formulas, charts, explanations).

Project

Use AI to draft one month of shift incident reports and the weekly security status brief, then analyse the incident spreadsheet for trends by site and hour - log hours saved vs last month.

Phase 2

Decisions with better input

Use AI to research options and summarise sources, then check them.
Scenario and risk analysis with AI as a sparring partner.
Set team rules for what may and may not go into AI tools.

Project

Run an AI-assisted threat and scenario analysis for one site (access control, visitor flow, after-hours breach), verify every source cited, and issue a one-page team rule on what data may never be pasted into AI tools.

Phase 3

Lead the change

Map which team tasks AI can take over or speed up.
Run a small pilot and measure time and quality.
Plan training and new roles for your team.

Project

Map your guard team's 10 most time-consuming tasks, pilot AI on the top two (patrol log summaries, guard training material) for 3 weeks, and measure time saved and report quality.

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