More than half of cybersecurity professionals suffer overwork or burnout

New research from the UK's Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) shows that overwork and burnout remain major problems for the IT security sector. The study of almost 450 cybersecurity professionals shows that 54 percent of respondents have either left a job due to overwork or burnout, or have worked with someone who has. Lack of resources seems to be a factor in this as 82 percent of respondents say security budgets are not keeping pace with rising threat levels -- whether rising too slowly, staying the same, or falling. At the same time, holidays or busy periods when security… [Continue Reading]