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Across all pay grades the average amount of time spent in the same post is just 30 months. Top areas of dissatisfaction with the job that contribute to this high rate of churn are mundane tasks (51%); frustration at events outside control (45%); the inability to allocate time effectively (30%) and a pressure cooker environment (29%).
Pandemic leaves its legacy
The research also highlights the impact the pandemic has made on analyst workloads. Almost half of respondents (46%) have experienced a reduced workforce as a result of the pandemic, while just over 2 in 5 have had to spend more time on non-productive tasks and a similar number, 42%, are feeling pressure on the job. . An increased amount of time spent on non-productive tasks came top of the list, especially for organisations with several thousand employees. Since the pandemic started, 42% feel the pressure has intensified while work life balance has been disrupted for a third of analysts (34%).
Not all bad news
On the plus side most security analysts (66%) enjoy a sense of team spirit, especially those over 35 where team spirit is highest (72%). Among the respondents 96% say they are able to prioritise alerts based on the risks to the organization while a similarly high proportion (89%) say they enjoy a close working relationship with colleagues in other departments like GRC or vulnerability management.
“High rates of staff churn continue to plague under-pressure SOCs,” said Faiz Shuja, Co-Founder & CEO of SIRP Labs. “This research clearly shows organisations neglect conditions in their SOCs at their peril.
“The double-whammy of a global cyberskills shortage coupled with the pandemic have created melting-pot conditions where good staff are hard to keep and even harder to come by,” he continued. “Morale could easily be improved with more automation along with fast access to the right information, helping to improve productivity and reduce the amount of missed or false-positive alerts.”
