As organizations focus on increasing their cybersecurity protection, a new report from Vectra AI highlighted the mounting pressure on security professionals is creating a health crisis in cybersecurity.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has already disrupted processes and created new working lifestyles, mental health and other health issues need to be taken into consideration as well. For most IT employees, especially those dealing with cybersecurity, the workload continues to increase tremendously as organizations race to secure their systems.
In fact, Gartner predicted that worldwide spending on information security and risk management technology and services reached US$150.4 billion in 2021. Increased investments in these areas will indeed secure an organization. However, business leaders need to also consider the skills required on ensuring these investments are really beneficial for them.
According to the findings in the report – Breaking Point: Is mounting pressure creating a ticking time bomb for a health crisis in security – two out of five respondents said they had to seek help because of the impact of work-related…
