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10 Holiday Gifts for Stressed-Out Security Pros

These office giving-friendly fidgets, stress balls, brain teasers, and more are perfect to calm the most harried cybersecurity professionals.

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Whether it's a CISO feeling the anxiety of potentially being an organizational scapegoat or a SOC analyst drowning in alerts, cybersecurity pros are constantly feeling the wear and tear of daily, existential work pressure. As security teams figure out what to get their Secret Santa recipients or contribute to the White Elephant gift exchange over the holidays this year, maybe stress relief should be the name of the game. The following are some great suggestions for givers seeking a peaceful option to gift stressed-out cyber practitioners.

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Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer

Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading.

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