Everyday
CISO coffee
$4One emergency coffee for the morning risk meeting.
PROTOCOL 014 // BOARD AUTHORITY GRANTED
THE TRILLIONDOLLARCISO
A tech trillionaire handed you the security budget. Spend $1,000,000,000,000 on cyber defence, AI systems, resilience and whatever else the board accidentally approved.
OPEN THE BUDGET ↓AVAILABLE BOARD BUDGET$1,000,000,000,000
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Everyday
Diner burger
$8An all-American lunch for one analyst between incident calls.
Everyday
SOC pizza night
$320Feed the security operations team during a long exercise.
Trillionaire extras
Super Bowl suite
$1,800,000Host the board at the big game. Memorable, but not a security control.
Cyber defence
Security keys
$75Phishing-resistant sign-in hardware for one privileged user.
Cyber defence
Security training seat
$1,200Practical awareness and role-based training for one employee.
Cyber defence
Enterprise password manager
$250,000Managed password vaults and secure sharing for a growing company.
Cyber defence
Phishing simulation programme
$750,000Measure reporting behaviour and coach teams using safe simulations.
Cyber defence
Identity security platform
$8,000,000Stronger access policies, lifecycle controls and privileged oversight.
Cyber defence
Global endpoint defence
$18,000,000Detect and contain suspicious activity across laptops and servers.
Cyber defence
Twenty-four-hour SOC
$85,000,000Analysts, engineering and continuous monitoring across every region.
Cyber defence
Zero trust transformation
$240,000,000Rebuild access around verified identity, device health and least privilege.
Cyber defence
AI response robot
$2,500,000A mobile AI assistant for hazardous inspections, inventory checks and incident support.
Cyber defence
Autonomous security drone fleet
$40,000,000,000A non-weapon drone network for infrastructure inspection, emergency mapping and perimeter alerts.
Cyber defence
Global AI defence system
$120,000,000,000A worldwide detection platform that helps defenders prioritise suspicious behaviour.
Cyber resilience
Incident response retainer
$5,000,000Pre-agreed expert support, evidence handling and crisis preparation.
Cyber resilience
Immutable recovery estate
$48,000,000Protected backups, isolated administration and tested restoration.
Cyber resilience
National cyber range
$1,250,000,000A realistic training campus for defenders, executives and responders.
Cyber resilience
Secure data centre network
$180,000,000,000A hyperscale network with segmented administration, physical resilience and tested recovery.
Cyber resilience
Sovereign secure cloud
$220,000,000,000A global cloud estate designed around resilience and assurance.
Cyber resilience
Quantum-ready network
$350,000,000,000A worldwide modernisation programme for future cryptography.
Trillionaire extras
Marbella villa
$18,000,000A sunny board retreat with absolutely no effect on cyber risk.
Trillionaire extras
New York penthouse
$42,000,000A Manhattan skyline, a private lift and still no measurable reduction in cyber risk.
Trillionaire extras
Private jet
$90,000,000Fly to the incident faster, while creating another asset to secure.
Trillionaire extrasBuy DirtyPhish.com
$100,000,000Grab the best cybersecurity website at a bargain price. For only $100 million, DirtyPhish.com is the smartest purchase on the board.
Trillionaire extras
Silicon Valley tech campus
$3,500,000,000A glass-and-steel headquarters with enough smart devices to keep the security team busy.
Trillionaire extras
Premier League football club
$4,500,000,000A global sports empire with a very complicated attack surface.
Trillionaire extras
US basketball franchise
$6,000,000,000Courtside prestige, global fans and thousands of accounts that still need protecting.
Trillionaire extras
Private moon mission
$95,000,000,000Impressive, expensive and not included in the risk register.
Trillionaire extras
Royal Mansion night in Dubai
$100,000One night in Atlantis The Royal's enormous signature penthouse. The displayed price is a widely reported starting estimate.
Trillionaire extras
Emirates First Class return
$22,088A representative New York to Dubai return fare. Real ticket prices change by route, date and availability.
Trillionaire extras
Futuristic superyacht
$600,000,000A floating technology estate with its own very expensive attack surface.
Cyber defence
Orbital cyber sensor network
$75,000,000,000A satellite-backed monitoring network for communications and critical infrastructure.
Cyber defence
National power-grid cyber shield
$150,000,000,000A programme to modernise operational technology monitoring, segmentation and emergency response.
Cyber resilience
Global hospital recovery fund
$60,000,000,000A fund for resilient clinical systems, protected backups and rapid ransomware recovery.
Cyber resilience
Hardened subsea cable network
$180,000,000,000A programme for route diversity, physical monitoring and communications continuity.
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WHAT SHOULD A CISO
ACTUALLY FUND?
This free online spending simulator gives you $1 trillion to spend on everything from coffee and penthouses to AI defence and global cyber resilience. Unlike a standard spend billionaire money game, every cybersecurity purchase also changes your board score across identity, detection, recovery and people.
Protect access
Strong authentication, privileged access controls and reliable joiner, mover and leaver processes reduce the chance that one stolen password becomes an organisational breach.
See harmful behaviour
Endpoint, network, identity and cloud signals help analysts find suspicious behaviour. Useful telemetry needs trained people, tested alerts and a clear response path.
Prepare for failure
Incident plans, expert retainers, protected backups and restoration exercises reduce disruption when preventive controls fail. Recovery must be tested before a crisis.
Build security capability
Awareness is only one part of the people budget. Organisations also need capable engineers, analysts, incident leaders, service owners and executives who understand their decisions.
CYBER BUDGET BASICSTHE BIGGEST NUMBER
THE BIGGEST NUMBER
IS NOT THE BEST PLAN.
A large cybersecurity budget can still produce weak protection when tools overlap, systems are poorly configured or nobody owns the outcome. Effective CISOs start with risk, understand the assets that matter, identify control gaps and fund improvements that can be measured.
This game rewards balance across identity, detection, recovery and people. That is a simplified teaching model, not a formula for real spending. Actual budgets vary by industry, organisation size, risk appetite, technology estate, regulation and existing capability.
CISO BUDGET FAQ
What is The Trillion Dollar CISO?+
It is a free money spending game where you allocate a $1 trillion board budget across cybersecurity controls and humorous trillionaire extras.
What does a CISO do?+
A chief information security officer leads an organisation's information and cyber risk programme. The role typically connects business priorities, risk decisions, security teams, executive leadership and the board.
How should a CISO allocate a cybersecurity budget?+
There is no universal percentage. A useful plan starts with business risks and balances identity, detection, people, resilience, regulatory needs and measurable outcomes.
Are the prices in this game real?+
Most cyber programme and trillionaire prices are game estimates. The Royal Mansion and Emirates examples use published price references, but live rates change. The game is not a procurement quote, investment recommendation or security assessment.
How were the luxury prices chosen?+
The game uses a widely reported $100,000 starting estimate for one night in Atlantis The Royal's Royal Mansion and a published $22,088 example for an Emirates First Class return trip from New York. Hotel and airline prices change by date, route and availability.
Is this like Spend Bill Gates' Money or Spend Elon Musk's Money?+
It uses the familiar buy and sell spending-simulator idea, but adds an original cybersecurity strategy layer. You balance entertaining luxury purchases against identity security, detection, people and recovery. DirtyPhish is not affiliated with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or other spending games.
Can I play a spend $1 trillion game online for free?+
Yes. You can spend the full $1 trillion budget in your browser, buy and sell items without limits, generate a board score and share your result. No download or account is required.
Is this game free on mobile?+
Yes. It is free to play with no download or account, and the shop adapts to phone, tablet and desktop screens.