Running on empty
Melissa Bischoping identifies a new form of fatigue in cyber security
Security teams are no strangers to fatigue. Over the years, they’ve dealt with a constant stream of alerts, managed increasingly complex toolsets, and defended IT environments that change by the hour. It’s demanding work and even the best-prepared teams can feel the strain of keeping pace with today’s threat landscape. Recent research underscores this pressure: the 2025 Pulse of the AI SOC report found that 66 percent of security analysts describe their workload as ‘unsustainable,’ and 73 percent . . .
