A career in cybersecurity is extremely rewarding. It also comes with its challenges, including last-minute fire drills, understaffed teams, and overworked employees — all while protecting the company's most valuable assets, its intellectual property, employee, and customer data.
These factors can generate immense stress for cybersecurity professionals, causing them to quit their job or completely leave the field. In fact, a recent report by the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) found that more than half (54%) of IT security professionals have either left a security job due to overwork or burnout, or worked with someone who did.
Making matters worse, security budgets are not keeping pace with the rising threat level brought on by COVID-19. Gartner predicts cybersecurity leaders should expect budget decreases over the next year. Hiring additional headcount to support cybersecurity teams is no longer a feasible option – but putting more people on a problem is rarely, if ever, the solution. CIISec also found that when security teams are stretched during busy periods, 64% said their businesses simply "hope to cope" with fewer resources, while 51% would let routine or non-critical tasks slip.
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