Chief information security officers (CISOs) are faced with overwhelming workloads, the need to keep up with the changes wrought by AI, and fears of liability if they get something wrong — causing some to leave the industry. More than two-thirds of cybersecurity and IT professionals (68%) consider their job more difficult today than two years ago, with more than half saying that the complexity and workload have both increased (55%), and that cyberthreats have become more overwhelming (52%); that’s according to a survey-based report published by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) International and analyst firm Omdia. That has in part contributed to an exodus of full-time CISOs and an increase in part-time — or “fractional” — consultants, according to Shawn Murray former president of ISSA and a current fractional CISO himself. He adds that many say they do not have adequate support for their security mission.

Full survey : As threats proliferate and AI complicates cybersecurity, CISOs say the job is getting harder, but more companies still want cybersecurity expertise, if even on a part-time basis.