Accidental CISO

Accidental CISO is a cybersecurity risk-management simulator where the player takes on the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at a fictional company called GoSecure. The game presents a series of incidents (e.g., ransomware, vendor breaches, insider threats) and asks the player to allocate a limited budget across different countermeasures. It was created by Alevsk, a real-world security engineer, to illustrate the difficult trade-offs CISOs face, especially when resources don't match the scale of threats. The "Accidental CISO" concept refers to professionals who end up in the CISO role without formal executive or security management training — a common pattern in the industry. The game draws on frameworks like NIST and real-world breach patterns to make its scenarios feel authentic.