Will AI Gut the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline?

Automation Saves Time But Risks Hollowing Out Critical Early-Career Roles Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • July 7, 2025

Time travel can seem like an unofficial requirement for cybersecurity job seekers, with would-be employers demanding mid-tier chops for entry-level positions. Come back in a few years, they say, after you've gained experience.

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Like a lot of recent economic disruption, artificial intelligence figures heavily in this disappearing first rung of the career ladder. Tedious novice tasks of sorting through noise to spot real threats are increasingly the job of robots, a machine dominance that's been the case within the cybersecurity industry even before AI leapt into public consciousness.

"The new 'entry-level' may require capabilities that used to be considered intermediate," said Camille Stewart Gloster, CEO of CAS Strategies and White House deputy national cyber director for technology and ecosystem security. "That ...