Security News > 2024 > March > Sophos: Cyber Security Professional Burnout Is Widespread, Creating Risk for APAC Organisations

Organisations surveyed in the report acknowledge that burnout and fatigue have contributed to lower team productivity, the success of some cyber attacks and employees choosing to seek new roles or leave the industry entirely.

Burnout among cyber pros a known problem for years in APAC. Burnout in cybersecurity is a well-known problem.

A 2023 study from Cybermindz and University of Adelaide of 119 cyber professionals in Australia found these workers scored higher on the burnout scale than the general population and, in some cases, exceeded the burnout faced by frontline health workers.

The cyber security burnout problem was previously swept under the rug.

Jinan Budge, head of Forrester's security and risk research in the Asia-Pacific, has written that burnout in cybersecurity was discussed in "Hushed and careful whispers" until 2018, but that the release of more studies had elevated the conversation in regional organisations.

Individual cyber security performance degraded by burnout problem.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/sophos-report-cybersecurity-burnout-apac/