Category: Project Team in the Press
IT Security Professionals Are Facing Burnout Risk
By David Gibson Regarding reports from last week’s RSA 2012 event that IT security professionals have a high risk of burnout, the use of cost-effective data governance technology – most notably in the area of unstructured data – can go a long way towards reducing the stress of staff and so avoid the burnout of [...]
Public Service Announcement – Stress and Burnout in the InfoSec Community
by SHAWNA TURNER-RICE A week ago, to kick off RSA, there was a Professional Development Track Session (PROF-001) on the topic of stress and burnout in the Information Security industry. One of the comments made at the track was that if you do a Google search on this topic, nothing comes back. That’s something that’s easy to [...]
The Causes of and Solutions for Security Burnout
By David Spark Getting burnt out in your job is an issue that many of us deal with, but in the information security field it’s even more pronounced. The problem is there are a lot of negatives built into the job title, before you even look at what it takes to do the job on [...]
RSA 2012: Stress and burnout in infosec careers
RSA 2012: Stress and burnout in infosec careers By: Joan Goodchild On: 01 Mar 2012 For: CSO (US) IT security professionals are experiencing extreme levels of pressure and anxiety, but they have few places to turn for help Career stress and burnout is as common among information security professionals as it is among professionals in other high-stress fields, such as [...]
At RSA: New data reinforces intimate stories of career stress and burnout
By Jack Daniel In the last year, I’ve been part of a panel of security experts that has gathered at various security events to share what we’ve learned about stress and burnout in the IT security industry, and to help people identify when they, or somebody they know, are at risk. We’ve conducted surveys to [...]
Infosec burn-out rate rising
By Darren Pauli Stress to succeed too much for some. Ken “K. C.” Yerrid stands at over six feet tall, is covered with tattoos and laden with muscle. But he almost broke under the pressure of his job in information security. “I was angry, I was depressed,” he said. “I wanted to help develop mechanisms to [...]
IT staffers on ragged edge of burnout and cynicism
Stress survey says companies failing staff By Iain Thomson A survey of stress levels among IT security staff, thought to be the first of its kind, has shown that an alarming number of staffers are suffering dangerous levels of cynicism, leaving them depressed and unable to function properly. The survey (securityburnout.org) was organized by Jack [...]
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