aisecurity.llc

The Unicorn Index

The market prices one role while frequently describing team-level capability breadth.

Team-shaped requirements

What this finding measures

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The market prices one role while frequently describing team-level capability breadth.

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

Requirement compression

Compensation pressure

Chart targets

  • chart_unicorn_index_by_seniority
  • chart_company_size_industry_heatmap
  • chart_survey_hardest_skills
  • chart_survey_interview_fail_reason
  • chart_survey_maturity_by_org_size

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

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Finding Evidence

Role Breadth Pressure by Role Family

Which security role families bear the highest Frankenstein role score (multi-domain compression).

v_seniority_score_benchmarks
Source: v_seniority_score_benchmarks
Higher values suggest broader role requirements, not better or worse roles.

Spec title: Unicorn Index by Seniority

Chart ID: chart_unicorn_index_by_seniority

Source: v_seniority_score_benchmarks

Caption: This chart compares requirement breadth across seniority bands.

Chart caveat: Higher values suggest broader role requirements, not better or worse roles.

Deck note: Use this chart for compensation and title calibration.

Market Segmentation

Industry Hiring Volume by Period

AI security and security engineering job volume by industry across 2024–2026.

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

Chart ID: chart_company_size_industry_heatmap

Source: export.v_chart_company_type_score_bars

Hardest AI Security Skills to Hire (Hiring Managers)

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Why AI Security Candidates Fail Interviews (Hiring Managers)

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Program Maturity by Organization Size

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Recommended actions

What leaders should do next

Scope roles to real ownership boundaries.
Phase hiring plans instead of expecting one universal hire.
Align compensation to explicit breadth assumptions.

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