Uncharted Minds: Mental Health in Cybersecurity (Panel)
Peter Coroneos, Deidre Diamond, Kayla Williams
BSidesSF 2025 — Here Be Dragons · Day 1 · Main
Burnout in cybersecurity is not just feeling overwhelmed — it is a neurological phenomenon recognized by the World Health Organization, with three specific clinical dimensions that predict resignation intent in a field already short 4.8 million professionals globally. This panel examines the data, the neuroscience, and the organizational practices driving a mental health crisis that threatens the workforce's ability to defend anything.
AI review
The 4.8 million unfilled position figure combined with the WHO burnout data and Coroneos's neurological mechanism explanation is a useful package of credentialing for a conversation the industry needs to have. But forty-five minutes of this at a technical security conference is the wrong delivery mechanism for the right message.