90% of cyber leaders find managing cyber risks harder today than five years ago, mainly due to the explosion of AI and expanding attack surfaces, according to BitSight. These threats are also fueling high rates of burnout, with 47% of cybersecurity and cyber risk professionals reporting exhaustion.
Another key factor in the burnout crisis is the lack of threat visibility. Those who work at organizations with the tools to regularly map threats across their environments and contextualize them with multiple risk factors for full visibility, a capability that just 17% have, experience a significantly lower burnout rate of 44%. Those who don’t have a burnout rate of 63%.
More than 1 in 10 respondents said they feel very burned out or are close to quitting. Burnout is even higher, at 54%, in companies without a formal cyber risk management program.
Consequences of cyber risk immaturity
The good news is that many organizations say they’ve already taken the first steps toward building a formal, structured approach to measuring and managing cyber risk. This progress is helping drive improvements at most companies today.
67% of respondents said their cyber risk practices…
