At the IT Security Guru we’re showcasing organisations that are passionate about making cybersecurity a healthier, more mindful industry. This week, Johan Dreyer, Field CTO, EMEA, at Mimecast, tells the Gurus about burnout, leading by example, and the future of cybersecurity.
Johan Dreyer has been working across the IT Infrastructure, Messaging and Security industry for over two decades. In that time he’s become recognised as a trusted advisor to many organisations seeking guidance on the rapidly evolving landscape of IT security. Crucially, he’s noticed burnout increase among professionals. Dreyer notes: “It is widespread across the cybersecurity profession. Year on year, there are more attacks and more sophisticated approaches taken by cybercriminals. Our teams and our budgets are growing, but perhaps not keeping pace. And our teams are under a lot of pressure to continue to keep their organisations safe from attacks.”
“It’s a big challenge to try and deal with, across the board – and that’s whether you work in the vendor world, where organisations are charged with the objective to help keep customers safe, or if you’re part of an IT security team, who’s charged to keep their own organisations and employees safe from cyberattack.”
Crucially, Dreyer admits, it’s important for leaders to lead by example and take wellbeing, mental health, and burnout seriously.
Dreyer continues: “The culture of an organisation is often the result of the level of influence and role modelling that comes from leadership. So if you’ve got a board and executives who are invested in the wellbeing of themselves, as well as their staff and their organisation, that will become part of the culture and they will make time to invest in things like Employee Assista ..
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