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Cyber professionals say industry urgently needs to confront mental health crisis (cyberscoop.com)
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More than a dozen cybersecurity professionals shared with CyberScoop similar stories stemming from the intense work demands of an industry that involves often 24/7 vigilance against a growing tide of cyberthreats. Despite a growing awareness of mental health struggles within the industry, sources said there still aren’t enough resources inside companies or across the broader cybersecurity community for professionals dealing with burnout, stress and the intense anxiety of working in a high-pressure environment...

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

That's fucked. Companies need to treat their operational infosec folks way better than that.

Meanwhile over here on the engineering side, where I have zero operational responsibilities, the last 20 years have been quite nice. Please join me :)