The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 13-1199.07 · Job Zone 4

AI exposure: Security Management Specialists

Conduct security assessments for organizations, and design security systems and processes. May specialize in areas such as physical security or the safety of employees and facilities.

Reading this score

computed

35.2% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Security Management Specialists at the 61th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.3 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 23 tasks it averages 2.13 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 Develop conceptual designs of security systems, at 73.3%. The least is Interview witnesses or suspects to identify persons responsible for security breaches or to..., 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 business and financial operations occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 47.5% across the group's 48 roles, with 43 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 23 tasks, 13 are currently banded exposed, 2 assisted and 8 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

23 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Develop conceptual designs of security systems.73.3%26.7%0.0%3.78exposed
Review design drawings or technical documents for completeness, correctness, or appropriateness.73.3%26.7%0.0%3.62exposed
Budget and schedule security design work.73.3%26.7%0.0%3.56exposed
Design, implement, or establish requirements for security systems, video surveillance, motion detection, or closed-circuit television systems to ensure proper installation and operation.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.84exposed
Develop or review specifications for design or construction of security systems.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.53exposed
Outline system security criteria for pre-bid meetings with clients and companies to ensure comprehensiveness and appropriateness for implementation.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.36exposed
Prepare, maintain, or update security procedures, security system drawings, or related documentation.49.6%37.9%12.5%3.83exposed
Assess the nature and level of physical security threats so that the scope of the problem can be determined.45.0%30.0%25.0%4.16exposed
Recommend improvements in security systems or procedures.45.0%30.0%25.0%4.11exposed
Perform risk analyses so that appropriate countermeasures can be developed.45.0%30.0%25.0%4.05exposed
Provide system design and integration recommendations.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.61exposed
Design security policies, programs, or practices to ensure adequate security relating to alarm response, access card use, and other security needs.40.0%35.0%25.0%3.95exposed
Prepare documentation for case reports or court proceedings.40.0%35.0%25.0%3.80exposed
Monitor tapes or digital recordings to identify the source of losses.35.0%40.0%25.0%3.20assisted
Train personnel in security procedures or use of security equipment.20.0%30.0%50.0%3.65assisted
Test security measures for final acceptance and implement or provide procedures for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the measures.13.8%23.8%62.5%3.89untouched
Monitor the work of contractors in the design, construction, and startup phases of security systems.13.3%11.7%75.0%3.59untouched
Engineer, install, maintain, or repair security systems, programmable logic controls, or other security-related electronic systems.9.4%9.4%81.2%3.67untouched
Inspect physical security design features, installations, or programs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.8.3%16.7%75.0%4.05untouched
Inspect fire, intruder detection, or other security systems.8.3%16.7%75.0%3.56untouched
Conduct security audits to identify potential vulnerabilities related to physical security or staff safety.6.7%18.3%75.0%3.95untouched
Respond to emergency situations on an on-call basis.0.0%0.0%100.0%4.13untouched
Interview witnesses or suspects to identify persons responsible for security breaches or to establish losses, pursue prosecutions, or obtain restitution.0.0%0.0%100.0%3.40untouched

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

judged

Every 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.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.340-4
Embodiment0.830-3
Presence0.960-3
Accountability1.470-3
Context2.130-3
Verification cost1.950-3

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.