The Burnout Breach: How employee burnout is emerging as the next frontier in cybersecurity

The first annual 1Password "State of Access" benchmark study illuminates the grave dangers unwittingly posed by checked-out, apathetic employees—including security professionals.

This report establishes a clear connection between employee burnout and cyberthreat exposure, as ready-to-resign and otherwise disengaged employees let down their guards and skirt their companies' rules and protocols.

Among our findings:

• Burned-out employees were 3 times as likely as others to say security rules and policies "aren't worth the hassle."
• Security professionals were twice as likely as others to say that due to burnout, they're "completely checked out" at work.
• Nearly half of burned-out security professionals say it's unrealistic for companies to be aware of and manage all apps and devices that employees use.

Download the 1Password State of Access Report 2021: The Burnout Breach now