Corporate Security Analyst
Impact: Corporate asset protection, personnel safety, and enterprise risk reduction
Analyse security risks to corporate assets, personnel, and operations by monitoring threat intelligence, conducting risk assessments, and investigating security incidents across physical and cyber domains. Support the development of security policies and procedures, and coordinate with internal teams and external agencies to mitigate enterprise-level security threats.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 55% Team / 45% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-45 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $85,000
- Entry-level
- $55,000 - $75,000
- Senior
- $120,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 33% (much faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High to 60-80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $20,000 - $50,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Threat Intelligence Analysis
- Risk Assessment Frameworks
- Physical Security Systems
- Incident Documentation
- OSINT Techniques
- Security Policy Development
Soft skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Written Communication
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Risk Assessment
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 6-9 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Security Analyst
- Senior Security Analyst
- Corporate Security Manager
- Director of Corporate Security
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 25% to threat monitoring tools are automating some analysis tasks
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.5/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate