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The Compliance Reflex

Legacy compliance frameworks dominate AI-security hiring language by roughly 108:1 versus AI-native governance frameworks.

Legacy framework dominance

What this finding measures

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Legacy compliance frameworks dominate AI-security hiring language by roughly 108:1 versus AI-native governance frameworks.

Based on analyzed job-description signals, not proof of any individual company’s internal security maturity.

Legacy vs AI-governance ratio

108:1

Chart targets

  • chart_compliance_reflex_framework_split
  • chart_survey_top_risks
  • chart_survey_distinct_discipline
  • chart_survey_risk_by_persona
  • chart_survey_discipline_by_persona

Active filters: period=all, industry=all, seniority=all

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Compliance

Framework Category Distribution

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Source: export.v_chart_framework_category_bars
Based on analyzed job-description signals, not proof of any individual company's internal security maturity.

Chart ID: chart_compliance_reflex_framework_split

Source: export.v_chart_framework_category_bars

Survey Research

Top AI Security Risks — Cross-Persona

Ranked by selection frequency across all four survey personas (select up to 5). n=386 respondents.

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Source: survey_aggregate.cross_persona.top_risks
Self-reported by survey respondents. Directional signal, not independent audit evidence.

Chart ID: chart_survey_top_risks

Source: survey_aggregate.cross_persona.top_risks

Caption: Cross-persona risk ranking: % of respondents citing as a top-5 concern.

Chart caveat: Self-reported by survey respondents. Directional signal, not independent audit evidence.

Deck note: Use this slide to anchor the risk taxonomy to practitioner experience, not just compliance frameworks.

Survey Research

Is AI Security Engineering a Distinct Discipline?

Cross-persona belief distribution. 57% describe it as Yes or Yes (still immature).

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Source: survey_aggregate.cross_persona.distinct_discipline
Self-reported cross-persona belief. Does not reflect formal organizational recognition.

Chart ID: chart_survey_distinct_discipline

Source: survey_aggregate.cross_persona.distinct_discipline

Caption: Practitioner belief about whether AI Security Engineering is its own field.

Chart caveat: Self-reported cross-persona belief. Does not reflect formal organizational recognition.

Deck note: Market recognition is outpacing formal role definition — use this to show the urgency.

AI Security Risk Priorities — By Persona

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"Distinct Discipline" Belief — Compared Across Personas

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Recommended actions

What leaders should do next

Pair compliance framework requirements with AI-native control requirements.
Require explicit AI-evaluation and agent-control language in requisitions.
Use framework mix as a hiring-quality diagnostic.

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