60% of IT decision-makers agreed that budget cuts have negatively impacted their mental health and wellbeing, according to Integrity360.
To add to that, 55% noted that the current economic climate has reduced access to mental health and wellbeing resources within their organization.
It would seem that protecting sensitive data is the biggest cybersecurity challenge keeping IT decision-makers awake at night, followed by managing risk and compliance, defending identities, ransomware and securing cloud environments.
Secure IoT and OT environments, expanded attack surfaces and security consolidation are also a cause for sleepless nights.
For CIOs specifically, their concerns over security consolidation were somewhat higher than others such as information security analysts and CTOs that were surveyed.
This is likely due to their direct involvement in managing the process, as businesses continue to tackle solution sprawl and consolidate the security tools they have deployed in order to maintain control and visibility over their networks.
Whilst ransomware ranked below protecting sensitive data, the ransomware resurgence in particular, was cited by 57% as having negatively impacted the mental health and wellbeing of those surveyed.
Worryingly, 63% of those surveyed noted that their work within the cybersecurity industry increased their stress and anxiety.
The good news is that almost 70% highlighted that their organization adequately supports their mental health and wellbeing.
Despite this, a significant majority, said they would like more investment in mental health and wellbeing resources.
This Cyber News was published on www.helpnetsecurity.com. Publication date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 04:43:06 +0000