--- title: 37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands description: A Huntress-commissioned survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders (companies with 100+ employees, fielded May 12, 2026) finds a gap between perceived and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands | daily.dev og:description: A Huntress-commissioned survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders (companies with 100+ employees, fielded May 12, 2026) finds a gap between perceived and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HUrUMz2KK.png og:image:alt: 37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands **[Huntress Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Huntress-commissioned survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders (companies with 100+ employees, fielded May 12, 2026) finds a gap between perceived and actual audit readiness. While 91% treat compliance documentation as ongoing and 70% feel very confident they'd pass an audit tomorrow, only 22% say they'd need zero prep time, and 78% of those who claimed readiness still need days to weeks to prepare. Over the past year, compliance demands caused burnout or turnover at 37% of organizations, delayed security initiatives at 34%, and cost 21% a contract or business opportunity. Manual evidence collection correlates with longer prep windows: 64% of mostly-manual teams need two or more weeks versus lower rates among automated teams. Changing compliance requirements (23%) is cited as the top barrier to continuous audit readiness, ahead of staffing and tooling gaps. 88% of respondents are using or evaluating tools for continuous compliance evidence collection. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of security teams experience burnout from compliance audit demands? 37% of IT and security professionals report that compliance and audit demands led to security team burnout or staff turnover over a recent 12-month period, based on a survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders at companies with more than 100 employees. Another 37% hired additional staff specifically to handle compliance work, and 34% delayed active security initiatives to keep up with documentation demands. _daily.dev surfaces security operations research for teams trying to reduce compliance-driven burnout._ ### How much prep time do IT teams actually need before a security audit even when they feel ready? Among IT and security leaders who said their documentation and evidence were ready to go, 78% still needed at least a few days of prep time, and for nearly half of that group the window stretched to a week or more. Only 22% overall said they would need no additional prep time, despite 70% claiming to be very confident about passing an audit immediately. _Teams tightening audit processes can track compliance research and tooling trends on daily.dev._ ### Does manual evidence collection make audits take longer than automated methods? Yes, teams relying mostly or fully on manual evidence collection need substantially more prep time before an audit. 64% of manual-heavy teams need at least two weeks to feel audit-ready, compared to teams using automation, where 22% say they need no prep time at all versus only 15% among manual-heavy teams. _Comparing manual versus automated compliance workflows is easier with daily.dev tracking the tooling landscape._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Compliance teams have gone continuous, but their evidence-gathering hasn’t caught up](https://daily.dev/posts/compliance-teams-have-gone-continuous-but-their-evidence-gathering-hasn-t-caught-up-hq6mzblwa) · IT Security Guru · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [3 Compliance Processes to Automate in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/3-compliance-processes-to-automate-in-2026-fuuajmmrx) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to improve your organization's security based on compromise assessment findings](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-improve-your-organization-s-security-based-on-compromise-assessment-findings-jf4fzwgg5) · Securelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Continuous compliance: How to kill the annual audit scramble for good](https://daily.dev/posts/continuous-compliance-how-to-kill-the-annual-audit-scramble-for-good-c43rqqaby) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Security Teams Are Ready To Become More Preemptive. What’s Holding Them Back?](https://daily.dev/posts/security-teams-are-ready-to-become-more-preemptive-what-s-holding-them-back--rvtzmek5e) · Rapid7 Cybersecurity Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#compliance](https://daily.dev/tags/compliance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T16:16:32.926Z","dateModified":"2026-08-18T19:19:13.679Z","description":"A Huntress-commissioned survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders (companies with 100+ employees, fielded May 12, 2026) finds a gap between perceived and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/981b35a18a5efccee936773d1521441a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/981b35a18a5efccee936773d1521441a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Huntress Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Huntress Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kDC1MDsj--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213277/logos/huntress-blog?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,compliance","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Huntress Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"37% of IT Security Teams Hit Burnout From Audit Demands"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/37-of-it-security-teams-hit-burnout-from-audit-demands-hurumz2kk#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What percentage of security teams experience burnout from compliance audit demands?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"37% of IT and security professionals report that compliance and audit demands led to security team burnout or staff turnover over a recent 12-month period, based on a survey of 504 U.S. IT and security leaders at companies with more than 100 employees. 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