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Transaction security and virus protection software

Technology category · O*NET

Transaction security and virus protection software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 51 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 83rd 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
NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software 37
McAfee 35
Encryption software 10
Metasploit 4 In demand
Ping Identity 4
Tenable Nessus 4 In demand
Virus scanning software 4
Anti-spyware software 3
Antivirus software 3
Norton AntiVirus 3
Packet filter software 3
Portswigger BurP Suite 3 In demand
Root kit detection software 3
Encoder software 2
HP WebInspect 2
Honeypot 2
McAfee VirusScan 2
Microsoft Defender Antivirus 2
Nmap 2 In demand
Penetration testing software 2
Rapid7 Nexpose 2
Anti-Trojan software 1
Anti-phishing software 1
ArticSoft FileAssurity 1
CA eTrust 1
Check Point Next Generation Secure Web Gateway 1
Chinotec Technologies Paros 1
End-to-end encryption software 1
Invicti Acunetix 1
Link encryption software 1
Microsoft Security Esssentials 1
OpenVAS 1
Password cracker software 1
Ping tools 1
Program checksumming software 1
Rapid7 software 1
Secure internet filtering software 1
Security risk assessment software 1
Stack smashing protection SSP software 1
Symantec Endpoint Protection 1

Showing the top 40 of 43 products in this category.

Occupations that use Transaction security and virus protection software

Showing 40 of 51 occupations.

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 39 occupations in occupations that use Transaction security and virus protection 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 Retail Loss Prevention Specialists Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers General and Operations Managers Intelligence Analysts Medical and Health Services Managers Computer and Information Systems Managers Regulatory Affairs Specialists Computer Network Support Specialists Computer User Support Specialists First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Accountants and Auditors Customer Service Representatives Medical Records Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Transaction security and virus protection software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Transaction security and virus protection software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Transaction security and virus protection 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. 41.2% of the 51 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (21 roles).

Across those roles, 48.1% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 43.7% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.43 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 35.8% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 26.9% you and AI go back and forth
learning 18.0% you ask AI to explain or teach
feedback loop 7.9% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 3.1% you do it; AI checks your work

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
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 36.3% 3.0/5
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 51.1% 3.0/5
Operations Research Analysts 55.2% 4.0/5
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 33.4% 4.0/5
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 62.6% 3.0/5
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 47.2% 4.0/5
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
Marketing Managers 63.3% 4.0/5
Customer Service Representatives 35.5% 3.0/5

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 Transaction security and virus protection 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 Transaction security and virus protection software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Transaction security and virus protection 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 16.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Transaction security and virus protection software (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 4,571,880 42.5%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 2,286,320 25.3%
Wholesale Trade 2,203,460 36.5%
Finance and Insurance 2,189,320 35.2%
Health Care and Social Assistance 1,994,440 8.6%
Retail Trade 1,552,550 10.0%
Manufacturing 1,534,120 12.0%
Information 1,459,330 50.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 1,288,880 45.9%
Educational Services 1,185,250 8.7%
Construction 706,010 8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 664,150 15.0%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 3.15× 51.7%
Information Sector 3.06× 50.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 2.8× 45.9%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 2.59× 42.5%
Wholesale Trade Sector 2.23× 36.5%
Finance and Insurance Sector 2.15× 35.2%
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages National industry 1.98× 32.5%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 1.87× 30.7%
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations National industry 1.76× 28.8%
Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers National industry 1.66× 27.2%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Sector 1.54× 25.3%
Nuclear Electric Power Generation National industry 1.34× 22.0%

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. "Transaction security and virus protection 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/transaction-security-and-virus-protection-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Transaction security and virus protection software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/transaction-security-and-virus-protection-software

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  title  = {Transaction security and virus protection software},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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},
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