Cybersecurity Burnout

Defense in Depth

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Why are cybersecurity professionals burning out? What's the dynamic of the job, the pressures being put on them, that causes the best to leave? And this industry can't afford to lose its best talent.

Check out this post for the discussions that are the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and special guest co-host Shawn Bowen (@SMbowen), CISO, World Fuel Services. Our guest is Bozidar Spirovski (@spirovskib), CISO, Blue dot.

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In this episode:

• Why are cybersecurity professionals burning out?
• What's the dynamic of the job, the pressures being put on them, that causes the best to leave?
• Are certain areas of cyber are more prone to burnout than others?
• Do we have a training and communication crisis in the field?