When Burnout Becomes a Cybersecurity Control Failure
When Burnout Becomes a Cybersecurity Control Failure
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/when-burnout-becomes-cybersecurity-control-failure-a-31929
Publish Date: 2026-06-09 13:31:00
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Peter Coroneos of Cybermindz on Stress, the Brain and Human Capability Risk
Peter Coroneos, founder and chairman, Cybermindz
Cybersecurity burnout is no longer just a wellness concern. It’s an operational risk that quietly degrades the capability of cyber defenders, said Peter Coroneos, founder and chairman of Cybermindz.
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Research conducted across multiple jurisdictions shows that burnout levels among cybersecurity professionals now exceed those recorded among frontline healthcare workers – driven not by stress alone but by a chronic absence of recovery, Coroneos said. The human nervous system was never engineered for a 24/7 threat environment, he said, and without structured de-escalation, the brain’s ancient stress-response apparatus simply never stands down.
“You can work in a stressful situation, but as long as you’ve got recovery protocols and systems and support frameworks in place, we can keep rolling in these challenging roles…
