FINAL WORD
Burnout is real
This perfect storm of complexity is hindering CISOs ’ health , well-being , and career stability . For example , a 2023 CISO stress study conducted by Cynet found that :
• 94 % of CISOs said that they were stressed at work
• 65 % expressed that their stress compromised their ability to protect their organisation
• 74 % left their jobs in 2022 due to work-related stress
• 77 % said that their work stress impacted their physical health
This often translates into burnout that leads to CISO turnover and volatility . While the current CISO turnover rate sits at about 18 % YoY , Gartner forecasts that as many as half of security leaders will change jobs by 2025 , with about a quarter of them moving to different roles entirely due to work-related stress .
That is an unfortunate reality of our situation at hand , but it does not need to be all doom and gloom moving forward . Light still exists at the end of this tunnel . By adopting a transformational leadership approach ,
CISOs can take proactive steps to protect their organisation , and themselves from the ripple effects of an accelerating threat landscape .
Connecting cyber and business risk
Modern CISOs must be more than just pure technologists . It is critical to serve as a transformational provider of influence that effectively aligns an organisation ’ s security needs with other high-priority functions of the enterprise . A transformational CISO is adept at leveraging enterprise risk strategies to articulate the correlation between cyber and business risk in terms that resonate across the organisation .
A transformational CISO is adept at articulating the correlation between cyber and business risk in terms that resonate across the organisation .
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