Security News > 2023 > April > Tight budgets and burnout push enterprises to outsource cybersecurity

63% of U.S. cybersecurity professionals had their department's budget cut in 2023, compared to only 28% of their EMEA counterparts.

To further align with tight budgets, both U.S. and EMEA organizations have implemented a recruitment slowdown for this year.

This has caused many in the U.S. to feel burnt out, more than those in EMEA. Burnout is increasing among professionals, and 50% of U.S. respondents threaten to quit their jobs if these feelings go unaddressed.

To stay afloat, a whopping 79% of U.S. cybersecurity professionals admit to deprioritizing responsibilities, compared to 66% of their EMEA counterparts, leading to a backlog of unaddressed vulnerabilities.

Enterprises are calling in backup: With 89% of U.S. and 83% of EMEA teams reporting that it's harder to manage their workloads, it's time to call in backup.

Outsourcing cybersecurity tasks to third-party vendors is more common in the U.S. than EMEA..

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