{"id":11019,"date":"2019-04-25T13:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/tech_tips_to_help_get_through_stress_awareness_month.html"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:29:02","slug":"tech-tips-to-help-get-through-stress-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/tech-tips-to-help-get-through-stress-awareness-month.html","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tips to Help Get Through Stress Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whoops – we just noticed we placed an exclamation point in our headline – that could be stressful<\/em>, sorry. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Please allow us to make up for it by sharing some great tips for managing stress and dealing with tech and cybersecurity. Think of these as fortune cookie messages if you will.<\/p>\n

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We hope you find them useful and help you get through the last few days of Stress Awareness month which takes place each April.<\/p>\n

Stephen Moore, Vice President and Chief Security Strategist at <\/strong>Exabeam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“For CISOs to succeed in today\u2019s hostile security climate, they must be able to identify and address as many of the potential pitfalls surrounding them as possible, both internally and externally.  Doing so helps minimize the chance of unwelcome \u2018nasty surprises\u2019, which often only appear at the most inopportune moments. Unfortunately, many CISOs fail to do this, making what\u2019s already a stressful job almost impossible.<\/p>\n

There are three most commonly overlooked pitfalls: The inability to execute a swift security response at the critical moment, failure to properly align with senior management expectations, and lackluster C-suite support and visibility when\/where it counts.  All of these can be easily resolved through due diligence and effective communication. But if left unchecked, they can quickly prove a CISO\u2019s undoing. By addressing these challenges head-on and leaving nothing to chance, a savvy CISO can quickly find themselves as an outlier in the average tenure statistics \u2013 and their stressful job will be more manageable,” said Stephen Moore, vice president and chief security strategist at Exabeam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eric Sheridan, Chief Scientist at <\/strong>WhiteHat Security<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“As global cybercrime continues to grow, the demand is outpacing the supply of security professionals who can help combat the ever-increasing threats. Shortage in security means organizations are operating understaffed, and team members don\u2019t have the time to train for advanced skills like security analytics. Experienced team members then have to pick up the slack, adding to job fatigue and stress. Many security professionals desire to have a real impact on the world, which makes them become emotionally invested in their jobs, contributing even more to stress. As a result, burnout is a real phenomenon in security and software development. The first step to combating burnout is to identify that it is happening. Second, be sure to create a culture of individual well-being and self-care. Provide resilience training resources and workshops that will give team members the necessary tools to better handle everyday stressors. And finally, build a team that collaborates well together,\u201d said Eric Sheridan, chief scientist at WhiteHat Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Rogan, DAST Application Security Supervisor at <\/strong>WhiteHat Security<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cCISOs are often put into high-stress situations, but the key to eliminating stress while tackling your workload is teamwork. Taking the time to ensure you are treating your team right and that they are comfortable in their job will ensure they put in extra effort, and it will result in better cohesion throughout the company, helping relieve stress. In addition, don\u2019t be afraid to delegate responsibilities. It will help increase the skillsets of your entire team,\u201d said Mark Rogan, DAST application security supervisor at WhiteHat Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neil Barton, CTO, <\/span><\/strong>WhereScape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIn today\u2019s big data world, organizations can easily be overwhelmed by all of the information streaming into their data warehouse on a daily basis. Data analysts can become easily stressed trying to extract as much value as possible to bring more revenue into the business. Using manual methods to gather and work with the data required for actionable business analysis could take months of effort and is causing too much stress and not practical in today\u2019s real-time, instantaneous world. Fortunately, investing in automation software can help relieve this stress by allowing IT teams to gather data and speed up the time it takes to derive business value from it, which allows them to focus on other business value-add tasks ultimately giving the organization a competitive edge,\u201d said Neil Barton, CTO at WhereScape<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scott Parker, Director of Product Marketing, <\/strong>Sinequa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOn any given day, stakeholders working at a typical large enterprise may need information or insights from a digital landscape comprised of hundreds of millions of documents and billions of records. This abundance means extra thought and effort required to evaluate the available options and make optimal decisions.  It also means loading the mind with potentially confusing choices, ambiguous phrases, and scattered thoughts, all of which leads to a cognitive burden.<\/p>\n

As the digital world grows and becomes increasingly diverse, critical stakeholders within organizations are subjected to a cognitive burden from content overload, obscuring the most relevant and useful information needed to achieve their goals. To address this, solutions have emerged that allow organizations to rise above this flood of data with an information-driven approach. This approach alleviates the cognitive burden and clears the path for new revenue sources, improved service levels and the ability to identify and respond to risks and opportunities faster than ever.<\/p>\n

Stress Awareness month provides an opportune time to take a step back to acknowledge the cognitive burden occurring in our organizations and consider effective ways to alleviate the stress that prohibits optimal performance,\u201d said Scott Parker, director of product marketing at Sinequa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alan Conboy, office of the CTO, <\/span><\/strong>Scale Computing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe industry has a responsibility to focus its innovation not just on creating products which are faster, offer more ROI and uptime, but rather, to create products to remove the stressful, firefighting elements of the job, particularly when IT for many distributed enterprise managers. Similarly, enterprises have a responsibility to make this part of their decision-making process when buying new tech, but how many of them actively consider it?<\/p>\n

The idea that technology can self-heal, for instance, or that it can be designed to eliminate some of the familiar complexities of identifying, mitigating and correcting infrastructure problems is now part of the design and product philosophies of forward-thinking companies. The addition of machine intelligence is also helping remove some of the stress IT professionals manage on a daily basis, allowing them to re-focus on tasks which are of much greater benefit to the individuals and business overall. We have taken that approach and it\u2019s helping to eliminate stress across numerous vertical use cases \u2013 allowing businesses to stop worrying about their IT,\u201d said Alan Conboy, office of the CTO, Scale Computing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trevor Bidle, VP of information security and compliance, <\/span><\/strong>US Signal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s data breaches due to human error or insecure interfaces and application programming interfaces, IT professionals charged with maintaining cloud security face a variety of daily stresses and expectations. It\u2019s not so much a lack of solutions, but that the threats keep changing, with cyberattackers becoming more sophisticated. During Stress Awareness Month, it\u2019s important to recognize a few tactics that can help minimize cyberattacks and their repercussion, which will in turn alleviate the burden of stress that organizations face:<\/p>\n