Burnout, poor decision-making under pressure, and fragile team dynamics don’t show up in your threat dashboard, but they could show up in your incidents. Myndful Planet works with cybersecurity leaders and the people responsible for developing them to address the human side of security performance.
Vanson Bourne / Nominet Cybersecurity survey, 2019
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ISC² Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 2023
Organizations invest heavily in technical controls. But breaches keep happening — and the root cause is frequently human. Not because people are careless, but because the conditions around them create risk: cultures of urgency and hypervigilance that erode judgment over time, leaders who are technically exceptional but under-equipped for the organizational complexity of the role, and teams operating under sustained pressure with little structured support.
They are leadership, culture, and organizational psychology problems. And they are rarely addressed by the technical consulting firms organizations typically turn to.
Kathryn DuPont is an ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach with a Master of Arts in Executive and Organizational Coaching. She is not a cybersecurity consultant. What she brings is a rigorous understanding of how high-stress, high-stakes environments affect the people working inside them, and how to build the leadership and team capacity that helps organizations stay secure.
1:1 coaching for CISOs and senior security leaders. Board communication, organizational influence, decision-making under pressure, leading teams through sustained ambiguity. Confidential and outcomes-focused.
Group programs for security teams, building emotional intelligence, stress management skills, and communication capacity. Grounded in validated assessments including the EQ-i 2.0 and SDI 2.0.
Flexible, confidential advisory access for leaders and team members at all levels. Structured to support decision-making, performance, and wellbeing on an ongoing basis.
Working alongside HR and L&D functions to design and deliver programs that address burnout, retention, and leadership development in security organizations.
You are highly capable technically. The work nobody prepared you for is the organizational part; board relationships, leading through crisis, building a team culture that holds under pressure. That’s what coaching addresses.
You’re watching burnout affect your security teams and you don’t have an intervention that fits the culture. Myndful Planet works with you to build programs that security professionals will actually engage with.
“Kathryn was instrumental in listening, probing, and thoughtfully helping me create an effective plan of action to address a number of complex organizational issues.”
We offer a no-commitment discovery conversation to explore whether this work is a fit for your organization or your own leadership development.