Retention — Avoiding Analyst Burnout

Based on the feedback from Cybera’s members, we are expanding the depth and breadth of our cybersecurity community discussions initiated under the AB SecureIT project. When SecureIT was launched in 2020, the goal was to bring together Alberta’s 26 post-secondary institutions to strategize ways to share information and combat cybersecurity threats. We are now looking to bring Alberta’s K-12 community to the table.

On December 7, we will host our fifth quarterly community conversation with cybersecurity leaders across Alberta education (K-12 and PSI).

This session, running from 1:30pm - 3:00pm MT, will feature a discussion on “Retention - Avoiding Analyst Burnout”. Representatives from Saint Mary’s University, the University of Alberta, and Cybera will discuss their experience with burnout. This includes recognizing the signs, dealing with burnout, and building resilient teams. They will then be available to answer your questions.

These quarterly conversations are aimed at the folks who act as the bridge between the technical practitioners and the executive-levels in their organizations. They are the ones who live in both worlds, pulling the strategic, the technical, and the tactical (or stratactical) together.

Please register here. A link to the meeting will be sent to registrants closer to the event date.

Questions? Contact security@cybera.ca.

About the presenters

Alyshia Auston
Alyshia is the Senior HR Generalist for Cybera and has had the pleasure of leading the HR department for the organization over the past five years. Her background includes 10 years of service in the non-profit space and another 10 years working in different capacities at several forward-thinking stock photography companies in Calgary.

Arla Day
Arla Day is a Professor in Occupational Health Psychology at Saint Mary's University, Director of the CN Centre for Occupational Health & Safety, a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, and a former Canada Research Chair. Arla's research focuses on leveraging the positive aspects of work to create healthy workplaces. In her role as Project Director for the EMPOWER Partnership (a collaborative group of researchers and organizations, workplace experts, and stakeholders), she develops and examines evidence-based solutions to foster psychologically healthy workplaces by supporting workers, strengthening work groups, and developing leaders.

Michael Spaling
Michael Spaling has built his career around cybersecurity in the post-secondary industry. He leads the Information Security team at the University of Alberta, one of the best research-intensive Universities in Canada and a top 100 in the world. Michael is a recipient of the Queens Platinum Jubilee Medal for his notable contributions to the cybersecurity industry and was recognized as a Top 10 Under 40 by Canadian Security Magazine. He has a handful of published CVEs to his credit, braved the world of startups as the Chief Security Officer for an organization that was first to market offering digitized legal services and is a co-inventor on a pending patent currently working its way through the US Patent and Trademark Office. When he's not working, Michael enjoys time with his wife, kids, and the family dog while making countless trips to the LEGO store or waiting patiently for LEGO deliveries to arrive at his house.