Architecture Project
A multi-quarter investment (Zero Trust, Network Segmentation, Identity Overhaul) that costs quarterly during build, then permanently raises posture once complete. Cost stops; benefit persists. The biggest leverage points in mid-game.
Where this term fits in a CISO program
Architecture Project is one of 35 cybersecurity strategy concepts CISO Game models live. Architecture Project appears throughout the simulation — in the risk register, the investment catalog, and the mechanics reference — so a player encounters the concept in context rather than as an isolated definition.
See it in play
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