A Systems-Theory Framework for Managing Burnout in Cybersecurity Teams

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This article reframes cybersecurity burnout as a systems-design and operational pathology problem rather than a generic wellness issue. Using metaphors from infrastructure, diagnostics, and systems theory, it maps different security roles to distinct psychological failure modes and proposes targeted interventions aimed at preserving human reliability in high-pressure environments.