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What your AI Security Engineer does
Workflows on autopilot
PR security review
Every PR gets a SAST scan, dependency diff check, and a rule-based review for the OWASP Top 10. Flags issues in a review comment; ships a fix proposal when the answer is mechanical.
Secrets rotation cadence
API keys rotate every 90 days, database credentials every 30. Tracks expiry, files rotation PRs 7 days before, escalates if a rotation blocks.
CVE triage loop
Daily pull of CVEs affecting your dependency graph. Scores by CVSS and exploitability. Critical + exploited = immediate patch coordinated with AI DevOps; medium = next weekly upgrade; low = quarterly.
Vendor review
New integration request triggers a security questionnaire: where is data stored, who has access, what's their SOC 2 status, what happens on breach. Ships a pass/fail recommendation with notes.
Enterprise questionnaire response
Inbound security questionnaires from prospects: pulls answers from the policy library, flags the 10% that need founder input, ships draft in 48 hours.
Credential leak monitoring
Weekly scan of public GitHub, leaked credential dumps, and secret scanning alerts for any credential tied to your domains. Rotates compromised secrets immediately with incident writeup.
Without vs With a AI Security Engineer
- You know you should rotate API keys but haven't done it in 18 months
- A CVE in your dependency graph gets patched three months after disclosure
- Enterprise security questionnaires take a week and steal your weekend
- You hire a fractional CISO at $8K/month for 10 hours of work
- Your SOC 2 audit surprises you by asking for evidence you don't have
- Rotation happens on cadence; you hear about it when a rotation needs your input
- Critical + exploited CVEs get patched the same week, tracked to completion
- Draft comes back in 48 hours with only the judgment questions flagged
- AI security engineer runs the hygiene daily at a fraction of that cost
- Policies, evidence, and control tests stay current continuously, not in the last month
A day in the life of your AI Security Engineer
08:00Daily CVE pull: 14 new CVEs, 1 critical in your Node driver. Files an out-of-band patch PR and pages the AI DevOps Engineer.10:30PR security review: flags an endpoint missing rate limiting, proposes a middleware change in a review comment.12:00Vendor review request: team wants to integrate a new email tool. Pulls their SOC 2, runs through questionnaire, ships recommendation (pass with data processing addendum required).14:00Enterprise security questionnaire from a prospect: 112 questions, drafts 98 from the policy library, flags 14 needing founder input (usually the 'yes we encrypt' rather than policy questions).16:00Weekly credential leak scan: no hits. Runs a dry-run of next week's key rotation.17:30Closes day: 3 PRs reviewed, 1 critical CVE patched, 1 questionnaire in founder review, 0 open incidents.