Security risks leave 84 percent of IT pros feeling stressed at work

A new study of 500 US IT and cybersecurity staff reveals that 84 percent report feeling uncomfortable levels of stress at work due to IT security risks, while 78 percent fear they will be personally blamed for security incidents. The report from Object First exposes a gap in how organizations support their IT staff, highlighting the opportunity to provide mental health resources and less complex security technology to help reduce stress as cyber threats continue to rise. Among other findings 47 percent report feeling pressure from leadership to ‘fix everything’ in the aftermath of a security incident, while nearly one in five (18 percent) feel ‘hopeless and overwhelmed’ during and… [Continue Reading]