Gartner worries that cybersecurity teams are at high turnover due to increased stress and workloads. The topic has been covered in its recent cybersecurity predictions.

This week, the consulting and research firm Gartner presented its cybersecurity forecasts for the coming years. A key consideration is the increasing workload that cybersecurity teams are facing today. According to Gartner, the stress this entails will lead to huge turnover among these teams.

causes

The major steps in technological development in recent times have not all been in a positive direction. With every new invention or technical advance, people immediately ask themselves how they can use it for something criminal. AI, quantum technology, more powerful processors, these are all things that unfortunately are also used to do bad things.

At the other end of the spectrum, security teams must use state-of-the-art technology to protect their respective employers from cybercriminals. For example, the popular ChatGPT can easily generate malicious code or create the perfect phishing email.

recognition

Gartner predicts that by 2025, up to half of a cybersecurity team member will be in another role. A quarter would even leave the sector completely. This is caused not only by stress and work pressure, but also by appreciation. It’s an old adage: when things go wrong safety is ever present, when things are going well and there are no incidents there is often just silence.

cultural revolution

According to Gartner, a culture change would help a lot. Things that can help include:

• Delegate responsibilities more
• The ability to make autonomous decisions
• Better collaboration with everyone involved
• A realistic picture of the security possibilities

This also allows expectations to be set more realistically. Ultimately, cybersecurity teams are largely dependent on the resources they work with. A clear picture of your security strengths and weaknesses can do a lot for the atmosphere within organizations.

Not only corporate cultures around cybersecurity will become important in the coming years; Gartner identified three other key issues in a recent survey of a number of business strategists. Another survey also revealed that many companies expect to expand their IT teams in the near future.