{"id":25560,"date":"2019-02-21T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/threat-intelligence\/why-cybersecurity-burnout-is-real-(and-what-to-do-about-it)\/a\/d-id\/1333906"},"modified":"2019-02-21T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:30:00","slug":"why-cybersecurity-burnout-is-real-and-what-to-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/why-cybersecurity-burnout-is-real-and-what-to-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cybersecurity Burnout Is Real (and What to Do About It)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The constant stresses from advanced malware to zero-day vulnerabilities can easily turn into employee overload with potentially dangerous consequences. Here’s how to turn down the pressure.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Cybersecurity is one of the only IT roles where there are people actively trying to ruin your day, 24\/7. The pressure concerns are well documented. A 2018 global survey<\/a> of 1,600 IT pros found that 26% of respondents cited advanced malware and zero-day vulnerabilities as the top cause for the operational pressure that security practitioners experience. Other top concerns include budget constraints (17%) and a lack of security skills (16%).<\/p>\n

As a security practitioner, there is always the possibility of receiving a late-night phone call any day of the week alerting you that your environment has been breached and that customer data has been publicized across the web. Today, a data breach is no longer just a worse-case scenario; it’s a matter of when, a consequence that weighs heavily on everyone\u00a0\u2014 from threat analyst to CISO.<\/p>\n

Mental Health Effects<\/strong>
The constant stresses of cybersecurity can easily turn into an employee overload with potentially dangerous consequences:<\/p>\n