We've got one word for it, and it's usually the wrong one
Brief
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.
Ask anybody in this industry what the work does to the health of the people who do it and you get one word back: burnout. It’s a fine word, in and of itself. It’s easy to reach for, understandable to everyone… and it’s the wrong one, most of the time.
So, story time. Last year I gave an interview with the amazing Hazel Burton about VPNFilter, and my run-in with burnout . I was a manager during that time, and it took a toll on me and on the people around me, and when it was over I didn’t have language for what had happened. Neither did my peers. Neither did my leadership. Nobody was withholding help from me… we just didn’t have the words.
Enter this summer, and I was afforded a unique opportunity to mentor some MBA students on burnout in cybersecurity.