Security News > 2020 > July > Burn baby burn, infosec inferno: Just 21% of security pros haven't considered quitting their current job

"In an era where workplace stress, mental illness, mindfulness and work-life balance are matters of importance and interest, we sought to understand if the security profession was at risk of burning itself out," the report, Security Profession 2019/2020 [PDF], stated.

Some 18 per cent said they had personally walked out of a role permanently because of burnout; 36 per cent professed to knowing someone that had left due to it; and another 25 per cent claimed they had considered it.

A survey on the topic by Symantec in April last year revealed that 83 per cent of 3,000 pros it spoke to reported feeling burnout and two-thirds were considering whether to leave the industry entirely.

Another reason for some in the security department to feel overwhelmed is the lack of funding: the CIISec report found that just 7 per cent believed their security budget was rising ahead of threat levels, down from 11 per cent last year.

Jake Moore, security specialist at ESET, said a "Deadly mix of ingredients" including a rise in ICO fines, incessantly evolving threats and fewer tools was "Creating exhaustion" among some security folk.

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