Cybersecurity executives could change jobs more by 2025
According to a study by Gartner, nearly half of all cybersecurity executives may change positions by 2025. A quarter of them may even move into a completely new role due to multiple workloads.
A Study from Gartner concludes that cybersecurity executives are currently under tremendous stress levels. The "defensive posture" of being affected by a major IT security incident at any time has a psychological impact, which in turn is likely to affect decisions and performance within the team of a cybersecurity organization.
Humans are the main cause of security incidents
The analysis by the U.S. ICT market research firm also concludes that the dynamic and enormous market opportunity for cybersecurity professionals poses another threat to security teams, as increased potential decision-makers from this field are likely to change positions. Compliance-driven cybersecurity programs, little executive support and insufficient maturity in the field are all indicators of an organization that sees vulnerability management as critical to business success, Gartner writes.
According to Gartner, companies of this type are likely to increasingly migrate to other areas. The higher turnover will be noticeable, it said, because the influence of security executives in ICT is generally valued. According to Gartner, cybersecurity executives are expected to change jobs by 2025. Twenty-five percent will even anticipate a completely different role within that timeframe.
Burnout and voluntary turnover, meanwhile, are the consequences of a poor corporate culture. Eliminating stress always remains an unrealistic goal, Deepti Gopal, director analyst at Gartner, is quoted as saying in the report. However, in cultures where employees are supported, people are able to handle incredibly demanding and stressful tasks, Gopal said.
