Talent Shortage
SOC Analysts
Burnout
Hiring
The Cybersecurity Headcount Problem: Where Is Everyone?
January 13, 20258 min read


The cybersecurity industry struggles with talent retention due to overworked employees. Learn best practices to improve job satisfaction for security analysts and combat the talent retention crisis.
The IT talent shortage makes it difficult to fully staff a SOC. Learn about the factors causing this shortage and creative solutions including the hybrid approach, bringing in outliers, and starting talent pipelines early.
SOC analysts are on the front lines of their organization's security protocols, and are tasked with protecting valuable data from cyberattacks. Between the flood of alerts, burnout, no work/life balance, mundane tasks, and an industry skill shortage, it's critical that CISOs find ways to retain staff.