Security Managers
Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.
$106,660 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 57%
- 37%
- 7%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 6%. Today's estimate: 9%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 28 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 11% | 1 work day3.3 h to 3.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Develop, recommend, or manage security procedures for operations or processes, such as security call centers, access control, and reporting tools.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 3%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 3.3 h50 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | 27%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Develop or manage investigation programs, including collection and preservation of video and notes of surveillance processes or investigative interviews.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Write or review security-related documents, such as incident reports, proposals, and tactical or strategic initiatives.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 2.5 h38 min to 1 work day | 33%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1 work day2.5 h to 4.2 work days | 5%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| 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.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 2.1 work days5 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Jun 2028 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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