The IT security game

Abstract

IT security is no game, and those who practice it can expect no respite from the onslaught of online threats except for this game. You have to steer your organisation past the hackers, script kiddies and disgruntled employees. Your future as CIO is at stake, and your decisions could spell the difference between winning or losing. All you need are a couple of standard games dice, and some form of place marker for each player e.g., a tiddly-wink. Start the game with three products or services you can buy that you think should enhance your security. As you move around the board, you find out whether or not they work. One piece of bad planning can send you back to the beginning. When you land on a Random Event, and you haven't implemented the necessary protection, you take the full impact. If you have, you get to laugh in the face of chance and roll again. Serpents of unforseen fate lurk elsewhere: green slithers you up, while red slithers you down.