Burnout
We've curated 9 cybersecurity statistics about Burnout to help you understand how employee fatigue and stress impact security practices and incident response in 2025. As the digital landscape evolves, managing burnout is crucial for a resilient cybersecurity workforce.
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79% of security professionals say stress harms their physical or mental health.
Two-thirds of CISOs report feeling burned out weekly or daily.
40% of CISOs considered leaving their role altogether.
35% of companies face burnout/mental health issues as a challenge in retaining cybersecurity talent.
73% of security leaders report analyst burnout and staffing shortages.
Cybersecurity and cyber risk leaders at organizations without full threat visibility have a burnout rate of 63%.
Cybersecurity and cyber risk leaders at organizations with full threat visibility experience a significantly lower burnout rate of 44%.
47% of cybersecurity and cyber risk professionals report exhaustion (burnout).
49% of respondents agree they experience burnout due to the constant need to monitor and respond to evolving cyberthreats.