There's a growing awareness about mental health across the industry, but many professionals told CyberScoop it's not enough.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.capebreton.social/post/506912

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…

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    91·
    1 year ago

    The joke is, ‘Oh you’ve been in cybersecurity for five years, what’s your addiction?’”

    Shits sake if thats the running joke imagine trying to therapize yourself with coworkers bringing the invasive thoughts right back to the table

    colleagues at his first security job sharing an affinity for the show “MAS*H"

    aw yes!

    I don’t find this article all that discouraging, however there must be a human cost to this. There are gonna be colleagues who will need more social care and attention, and perhaps mental health services. Good to keep in mind!

    • Jo Miran
      7·
      1 year ago

      My firm has been in operation for almost twenty years. The most common addiction, even if you don’t get physically hooked, are uppers. Ritalin, focalin, energy drinks, etc. Anything that gives you hyper focus.

      As far as consequences go, I had four stents installed at 44 and cancer at 49. It should have been a bypass but my surgeon is a fucking rockstar. Had I not given up red meat in my twenties, I probably would have had a massive heart attack before forty.

      Mental health is always a struggle, but we try to implement as many safeguards as possible. It’s still not enough.

      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        Wow. Good on you for doing so much for your health. I lost my Dad to that surgery. Was meant to be stents, turned into an emergency bypass. He was 65. He was a high school + college teacher though, no doubt intense but one step below the explicit demands of cybersecurity outlined in the article.

        • Jo Miran
          2·
          1 year ago

          I am very sorry about your dad. That scares the shit out of me and I think I won’t share that tidbit with my wife. She had a rough time with it as she was not expecting that I would have such major health incident at such a young age.

          • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m alright, thank you. I’d like people to know these are real and mortal concerns - we live with stress and you can’t just ignore it!