As published in the July/August 2020 edition of InfoSecurity Professional Magazine
How to stay sane and manage stress during a most unusual time, no matter where you live and work.
Every day, cybersecurity professionals face pressure, from the daily demands of protecting data and people’s privacy to the worst-case scenarios of a breach’s financial and reputational repercussions. That’s nothing we didn’t already know. But what’s changed in the past six months is the level and severity of those demands since the world’s response to COVID-19 required companies, citizens and cybersecurity professionals to abruptly pivot in almost all ways.
Managing added levels of stress takes some internal assessment: What’s causing it? What can I do about it? Do I need professional help? And how do I determine what stress reducers work best for me?
RECOGNIZE THE SIGNSEven before a pandemic forced a new way of life, cybersecurity leaders were feeling the pressure. Of 400 CISOs surveyed prior to the coronavirus outbreak for The CISO Stress Report 2020 commissioned by London-based Nominet, 88% considered themselves to be under moderate or high stress.
“Security professionals are very aware of what the risks are,” says Nashville, TN-based Lucie Hayward, CISSP, CISA, PMP, the senior vice president of cyber risk at Kroll. “A good security professional is always ahead of the latest news, trends.”
The responsibilities at work can sometimes overwhelm and lead to frustration, ..
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