For years we’ve heard the frightening prediction that AI will take jobs away from people. It will and it already is, but that doesn’t mean it won’t also create new jobs and skills demands — like every other labor trend driven by technology advances.
Take security operations for example. Historically, security operations centers (SOCs) were built on a three-tier analyst model. Tier 1 analysts were junior personnel, paid to monitor activity and triage alerts. Their job was often described as “eyes-on-glass” as they tried to uncover signals among the noise. Tier 2 analysts specialized in investigating alerts (lots of them) that seemed fishy to the Tier 1 crew. When something was truly suspiciou...