5 ways AI is reshaping the cybersecurity job market
CSO Online reports AI is consolidating and reshaping cybersecurity roles, with LastPass eliminating its vulnerability management team.
The article describes how AI adoption is reorganizing security work, citing LastPass CISO Mario Platt dissolving the vulnerability management function in late 2025 and automating GRC tasks. It cites WEF 2026 data that 87% of organizations see AI-related vulnerabilities as their fastest-growing risk and SANS research that 74% say AI is changing team size and roles. New roles such as agent security engineer and demand for judgment-heavy skills like IAM architecture are emerging.
- LastPass folded vulnerability management into IT and product security, relying on AI triage.
- WEF's 2026 outlook says 87% of organizations cite AI-related vulnerabilities as fastest-growing risk.
- SANS/GIAC 2026 report: 74% of organizations say AI is reshaping security team size and roles.
- Analysts are shifting from queue work to designing and validating automated detection systems.
- Demand is rising for agent security engineers and machine-identity IAM specialists.
- Products
- LastPassMicrosoft 365
- Organizations
- Fortium PartnersHellerIFSQuantWorld Economic Forum
From the original article
6 min read at csoonline.com
Mario Platt spent part of last year eliminating a team. As CISO for online password management service LastPass, he shut down the company’s dedicated vulnerability management function in late 2025, folding its responsibilities directly into IT and product security. AI and business intelligence tools now handle the triage and analysis that once required a standing group of specialists.
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