# The Rise of the AI Security Engineer: A New Discipline for an AI-Native World

DevFeed: [The Rise of the AI Security Engineer: A New Discipline for an AI-Native World](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-rise-of-the-ai-security-engineer-a-new-discipline-for-an-ai-native-world-8206.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/the-ai-security-engineer/>)

Author: Manoj Nair

Published: 2026-02-24T05:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-engineering.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [ai-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-security.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [autonomous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomous.md>), [awareness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/awareness.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [devrel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devrel.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [executive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/executive.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [interest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interest.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that organizations need AI Security Engineers to defend non-deterministic, autonomous AI systems against emerging security threats.

## Source excerpt

As autonomous AI systems transform business, a new profession is emerging to protect them: the AI Security Engineer. Discover why this specialized discipline is becoming a survival imperative for organizations in an AI-native world.