AI Won't Wipe-Out Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs

Oh, splendid news from the ISC2 survey: AI isn't going to wipe out entry-level cybersecurity jobs. Instead, it's going to ‘reconsider’ them. Forty-four per cent of organizations are having a rethink, because nothing says job security like a boardroom full of execs pondering whether your role can be replaced by a chatbot that occasionally hallucinates. And the remaining 31% who think AI might create new entry-level roles? Bless their hearts. They’re probably the same people who thought the paperless office would save forests.

The survey also tells us that AI is ‘elevating the need for strategic, nontechnical skills.’ Translation: the actual cybersecurity work—configuring firewalls, cleaning up phishing victims—is now beneath us. We’re all junior strategists now, competing with entry-level grads who can’t write a regex but have a certificate in ‘AI governance.’ It’s the professional equivalent of being told the junior doctor role is safe—provided you learn to speak ‘patient flow optimisation.’

But fear not: the ISC2, the body that certifies cybersecurity professionals, assures us everything’s fine. They’ve surveyed their own members, and the answer is—surprise—‘more training needed.’ Naturally. And then we can explain to the auditors why the false positive rate is climbing. Because that’s strategic. That’s value-add.