SOC 15-1212 · Job decomposition
Information Security Analysts
What this job actually does, classified into Automate, Augment, and Human-only. Decomposed from 17 canonical roles mapped to this SOC across Nuvepro's real-world JD corpus.
190,650
U.S. employment
BLS OEWS
$129,180
Median annual wage
BLS OEWS
49%
AEI exposure
Anthropic Economic Index
203
Distinct tasks
From 17 roles
Task mix (by distinct task)
Automate · 9 (4%)
Augment · 158 (78%)
Human-only · 36 (18%)
Automate
9 of 9
AI does it end-to-end
- Develop hardware inventories.5 jobs · 1 role · 80% confidence
- Develop software inventories.5 jobs · 1 role · 80% confidence
- Maintain hardware inventories.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Maintain software inventories.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Prepare required Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) reports.4 jobs · 1 role · 75% confidence
- Document the results of Assessment and Authorization activities.3 jobs · 1 role · 67% confidence
- Execute benchmarks using tools.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Provide weekly status updates.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Report assessment outcomes against industry standards.3 jobs · 1 role · 67% confidence
Augment
12 of 158
Human + AI together
- Finalize the risk and control matrix.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform IT SOX testing.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform IT application controls reviews.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform IT controls testing.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform IT internal audits.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform ITGC audits.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Test the design of IT controls.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Test the operating effectiveness of IT controls.20 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Identify control exceptions.19 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Understand the client’s IT environment.18 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Draft audit reports including observations, risks, implications, action owners, and closure timelines.17 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
- Perform ERP control reviews for systems such as SAP and Oracle.17 jobs · 2 roles · 100% confidence
Human-only
12 of 36
Judgment, taste, accountability
- Conduct walkthrough meetings.19 jobs · 2 roles · 95% confidence
- Discuss observations and issues identified during testing.18 jobs · 2 roles · 95% confidence
- Present audit findings to key stakeholders.18 jobs · 2 roles · 95% confidence
- Conduct IT audits and assessments independently.17 jobs · 2 roles · 88% confidence
- Lead a team of 2-3 specialists or associates.16 jobs · 2 roles · 94% confidence
- Interview client stakeholders at the mid-management level.12 jobs · 1 role · 92% confidence
- Investigate security violations.12 jobs · 1 role · 75% confidence
- Obtain rulings, interpretations, and acceptable deviations for compliance with regulations from government agencies.11 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Conduct security education classes.10 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Interview client stakeholders at mid-management level.8 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Guide clients through plans of action using presentations.6 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Influence customers to leverage security capabilities and solutions to shift security left in development processes4 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
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