Cyber security executives have recently been firing people because they have been putting their own spin on executive orders and thus individuals have been terminated for not meeting company expected standards. Starting in quarter one management is further informed to start cutting manpower based on personal perception and end of year reviews. It's not about your job it's about popularity contest and thus as long as you make your manager and managers above them happy then you're in a good place but if you try to protect the bank or do something that is against the CISO new secure design plan they are going to terminate you without a chance to redeem yourself. Management is further encouraged to get rid of people who do not get above meets.
In short the new management chain wants nothing more than mindless monkeys to push buttons and follow scripts where pictures match the words this is why cybersecurity management is incapable of protecting its employees and throwing them underneath the bus.
Majority of the roles that cybersecurity fulfills will be replaced by AI and managers will be displaced or move to another team to fulfill another role depending on if that executive likes them or not. For managers who are not near a hub location and were promised a year and a half to two year extension to keep their job that's expected to end in quarter one and those managers are expected to be laid off or terminated.
To those individuals in the cyber security line of business good luck now that you are forced to compete like a model competes in a beauty pageant there is no reason for you to even willingly stay here now that you are degraded even more.
And for those who are not aware of cyber security is making this adjustment in quarter one because they're taking advantage of the PTO burn for the holiday season.
If you are not liked by your manager or your manager has given you biased end of year reviews in the last 2 years then your ticket is punched you are going to be gone quarter one