Is There Really a Fix for CISO Fatigue?
Dark Reading, Monday, August 3rd, 2026
Accountability without matching authority is driving CISO burnout, and the problem is structural, not personal.
Only 2% of cybersecurity professionals report no job stress and 68% say the work has grown measurably harder over two years, per the Omdia and ISSA study, while 47% considered leaving in the past year.
Netwrix's Dirk Schrader argues that eight years of identical findings point to a design flaw, not a staffing shortfall: 72% say technology decisions are made without security involvement and 69% describe security as something the business works around.
Higher pay and activity-based metrics tighten the trap, and fragmented tool stacks consume time that should go to executive relationships. The fix is personal, operational, and cyber resilience: authority matching accountability, security seated ahead of decisions, and a stable technology foundation.