"70% of Cybersecurity Pros Often Work Weekends, 64% Looking for New Jobs"
According to a new study by Bitdefender, over 70% of cybersecurity professionals often have to work weekends to address security concerns in their organizations. The company noted that this intense workload appears to correlate strongly with job dissatisfaction, with around two-thirds (64%) of the 1200 cyber professionals surveyed stating that they are planning on looking for a new job in the next 12 months. In the US, the figures were 70.2% (work weekends) and 62.2% (looking for a new job), respectively. The company noted that over half (57%) of respondents said their organizations experienced a data breach or leak in the past 12 months, a 6% rise compared to Bitdefender’s Cybersecurity Assessment Report 2023. The top three cyber threats highlighted by the respondents were phishing/social engineering (33%), software vulnerabilities and/or zero-days (32.2%), and ransomware (29.3%). Almost all (96%) of cybersecurity professionals stated they were concerned about AI’s impact on the threat landscape. Bitdefender noted that despite the concerns expressed, 94% of respondents were very confident about their organization’s ability to respond to threats like ransomware, phishing, and zero-days. Yet over two-thirds (71%) felt like their security solutions have not lived up to their promised hype, a significant increase from 54% last year.