Boardroom Boot Camp
Ease in. The board is patient and the budget is generous.
Easy difficulty. High starting budget, friendly board, low friction. For learning the mechanics without losing fast.
What is the Boardroom Boot Camp scenario?
Easy difficulty. High starting budget, friendly board, low friction. For learning the mechanics without losing fast. A forgiving starting hand for learning the mechanics. The board is patient, the budget is generous, and friction starts low — perfect for understanding how each metric interacts before tackling harder scenarios.
How does the Boardroom Boot Camp scenario start?
- Difficulty: easy
- Tech profile: Cloud-Native SaaS
- Region: US
- Starting team: 1 ciso
- Year-1 budget: $1000k
- Annual budget growth: 25%
How do you win the Boardroom Boot Camp scenario?
Forgiving thresholds. Ideal first run.
Which risks matter most in Boardroom Boot Camp?
- R01 RansomwareExternal · severity 10
- R06 Supply Chain CompromiseExternal · severity 9
- R07 Zero-Day ExploitationExternal · severity 9
- R13 Data ExfiltrationData · severity 9
- R44 OSS Maintainer Takeover / Hostile ForkExternal · severity 9
- R02 Business Email Compromise (BEC)External · severity 8
Which investments are recommended for Boardroom Boot Camp?
Strong starting purchases for this scenario, ordered by relevance:
- XDR Platform Suite (enterprise class)Platform
- Commercial SIEM (mid-market)SIEM
- Enterprise SIEM (heavy/full-featured)SIEM
- Advanced email security (anti-BEC)Email Sec
- Network Detection & Response (NDR)Network
- Hire Senior AnalystHeadcount
How do you start playing the Boardroom Boot Camp scenario?
Click Play CISO Game free to start a no-signup demo run. On the Setup screen, pick the Boardroom Boot Camp tile and the difficulty, budget, and team will pre-fill. Hit Start Game and you're in.