Security News > 2023 > February > Report: Stress will drive a quarter of cyber defenders out the door

Relief may not come soon, if research firm Gartner's predictions hold true that fully a quarter of security leaders will depart the cybersecurity field entirely by 2025 due to work pressures.

In a new report, the firm predicts that nearly half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs, and that by 2025, lack of talent or human failure will be responsible for over half of significant cyber incidents.

Deepti Gopal, director analyst at Gartner, said cybersecurity leaders are burning the candle at both ends to balance technology needs, business needs and environmental needs in order to maintain or improve their organization's security.

Gartner research shows that compliance-centric cybersecurity programs, low executive support and subpar industry-level security are all indicators of an organization that does not view security risk management as key to business success.

Paul Furtado, vice president analyst at Gartner, said talent churn of cybersecurity or other talent, IT or otherwise, could constitute its own security bugbear, as it raises the specter of insider wrongdoing.

"The cybersecurity workforce is a microcosm of society and made up of individuals who respond differently to different stress triggers," Furtado said.

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