Jobs / Management and business operations / 13-1199.07
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.
- US jobs
- 1,087,090 (SOC 13-1199 group, "Business Operations Specialists, All Other")
- Median wage
- $83,050 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of security management specialists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
4% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 13-1199 group).
- 8%Develop contingency or emergency response plansNot measured
- 6%Develop marketing or promotional materialsNot measured
- 5%Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activitiesNot measured
- 5%Advise others on business or operational mattersNot measured
- 5%Analyze business or financial dataNot measured
- 4%Analyze business or financial risksNot measured
- 4%Purchase goods or servicesNot measured
- 4%Develop sustainable organizational or business policies or practicesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026Strong
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Assess the nature and level of physical security threats so that the scope of the problem can be determined.
- Respond to emergency situations on an on-call basis.
- Recommend improvements in security systems or procedures.
- Perform risk analyses so that appropriate countermeasures can be developed.
- Inspect physical security design features, installations, or programs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
- Conduct security audits to identify potential vulnerabilities related to physical security or staff safety.
- Design security policies, programs, or practices to ensure adequate security relating to alarm response, access card use, and other security needs.
- Test security measures for final acceptance and implement or provide procedures for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the measures.
- Design, implement, or establish requirements for security systems, video surveillance, motion detection, or closed-circuit television systems to ensure proper installation and operation.
- Prepare, maintain, or update security procedures, security system drawings, or related documentation.
- Prepare documentation for case reports or court proceedings.
- Develop conceptual designs of security systems.
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