Burnout in the Cybersecurity Industry

The cybersecurity industry faces a high burnout because of the endless stream of threats and the passionate professional who feels they have to manage it all.

Security Practitioners are often asked ‘What keeps you up at night? To which some of them have very detailed responses. Unpatched vulnerabilities, forgotten systems, missed alerts – there are quite a few things in the list of a person whose job is on the line if the company gets breached. This is not fair or a sustainable solution. If we don’t sleep well, we get cranky, when we get cranky every minor miss can become a major irritant.