Cybersecurity for AI · 15 roles

Every cybersecurity for AI career path, organized.

Filter by track to focus your search. Each role gets practitioner- depth treatment: salary data, AI Impact Outlook, day in the life, and explicit bridges to cybersecurity foundation roles and applied AI foundation roles.

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AI Evaluation Engineer

$205K median

Governance and Risk · AI Disruption 10/100

An AI Evaluation Engineer builds evaluation frameworks that determine whether AI systems are ready to ship across capability, safety, and AI security criteria.

↔ Cybersecurity counterpart: grc analyst

AI Ethics Specialist

$165K median

Governance and Risk · AI Disruption 15/100

An AI Ethics Specialist develops and enforces AI ethics policies inside an organization, the cybersecurity analog of a security policy lead applied to AI.

↔ Cybersecurity counterpart: grc analyst

AI Governance Lead

$215K median

Governance and Risk · AI Disruption 10/100

An AI Governance Lead designs and operates organizational AI governance frameworks at policy level, mirroring cybersecurity GRC practice for AI.

↔ Cybersecurity counterpart: grc analyst

AI Risk Analyst

$145K median

Governance and Risk · AI Disruption 20/100

An AI Risk Analyst conducts risk assessments for AI initiatives across compliance, reputation, cybersecurity, and operations.

↔ Cybersecurity counterpart: grc analyst

AI Compliance Officer

$175K median

Governance and Risk · AI Disruption 10/100

An AI Compliance Officer ensures AI systems meet regulatory requirements: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and sector-specific cybersecurity rules.

↔ Cybersecurity counterpart: grc analyst

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