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Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software

Technology category · O*NET

Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 32 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 87th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.

A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.

Example software & tools

Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.

Software / tool Occupations Tags
Firewall software 20 In demand
Virtual private networking VPN software 20
Network intrusion detection software 5
Juniper Networks NetScreen-Security Manager 2
Content filter software 1
Cryptographic key management software 1
Imperva SecureSphere 1
IpFilter 1
IpTables 1
Kismet 1
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform 1
Symantec PGP 1
Trend Micro TippingPoint 1
TrueCrypt 1

Occupations that use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 32 occupations in occupations that use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Security Managers Intelligence Analysts Architectural and Engineering Managers Security Management Specialists Computer Network Support Specialists Computer User Support Specialists Telecommunications Engineering Specialists Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products Penetration Testers Customer Service Representatives Medical Records Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 31.2% of the 32 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (10 roles).

Across those roles, 59.2% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 33.6% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.61 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 31.3% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 31.1% you and AI go back and forth
learning 23.0% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 5.1% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 2.4% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Works with AI Autonomy
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 68.5% 4.0/5
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 51.1% 3.0/5
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 54.8% 3.0/5
Sales Engineers 54.1% 4.0/5
Computer and Information Systems Managers 67.7% 4.0/5
Management Analysts 62.4% 4.0/5
Architectural and Engineering Managers 66.3% 4.0/5
Customer Service Representatives 35.5% 3.0/5
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 23.4% 4.0/5
Intelligence Analysts 32.9% 3.5/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 8.1% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software (measured across 65 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 2,707,910 25.1%
Wholesale Trade 1,465,370 24.3%
Finance and Insurance 1,170,300 18.8%
Manufacturing 1,143,990 9.0%
Information 1,054,810 36.3%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 808,640 9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 686,210 24.4%
Retail Trade 631,010 4.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance 565,120 2.4%
Educational Services 454,660 3.3%
Transportation and Warehousing 218,880 3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 187,660 4.2%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Information Sector 4.48× 36.3%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 4.3× 34.8%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 3.1× 25.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 3.01× 24.4%
Wholesale Trade Sector 24.3%
Finance and Insurance Sector 2.32× 18.8%
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages National industry 2.22× 18.0%
Engineering Services National industry 2.05× 16.6%
Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers National industry 2.02× 16.4%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 1.54× 12.5%
Utilities Sector 1.49× 12.1%
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 1.32× 10.7%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/network-security-and-virtual-private-network-vpn-equipment-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/network-security-and-virtual-private-network-vpn-equipment-software

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tools/network-security-and-virtual-private-network-vpn-equipment-software}
}

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