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A tactical first-person shooter where every battle against hostile forces doubles as the discovery and remediation of real-world cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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25 Feb 2025

FromSoftware

FromSoftware, Bandai Namco Entertainment

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Healthcare

Digital Twin

Insurance

Data

Deception Pay Tiers

Average pay

Deception Integrations

Includes:

Live Threat Environment – Face real vulnerabilities disguised as enemies. Every kill or takedown equals a remediation step
AI Co-Op Partner (Tessa) – Guides you through prioritization, scripts, and compliance paths while fighting alongside you
Remediation Scripts in Action – Each executed script appears as a weapon, turning vulnerabilities into eliminated threats
Dynamic Environment – Enemies evolve like real-world exploits, forcing adaptation and rapid patching
Outcome-Based Earnings – Pay scales with accuracy, speed, and impact on real-world defenses.
Outcome-Based Missions – Every cleared vulnerability strengthens the overall network defense, logged into a final Remediation Report

Worker Compensation

Threat Analyst – Investigate alerts, correlate logs, and identify potential intrusions

$25.00

Incident Responder – Contain and remediate active threats, patch vulnerabilities, and restore systems

$30.00

Compliance & Reporting – Validate controls, document evidence, and prepare audit-ready reports

$40.00+

About deception

Vulnerabilities Made Visible

Deception transforms hidden cybersecurity risks into hostile entities you can see, fight, and eliminate. Every monster represents a vulnerability inside real networks, drawn directly from live data. Instead of scanning dashboards, you face threats head-on, weaponizing remediation scripts and strategic defense to secure critical systems.

AI at Your Side

Your AI partner, Tessa, guides you through every mission. She highlights weaknesses, provides remediation scripts, and ensures your actions translate into real patching and compliance. Together, you turn remediation from a passive process into a combat-driven narrative.

Outcome-Driven Remediation

Each victory is logged as a Remediation Report — showing which vulnerabilities were neutralized, which systems were hardened, and how overall resilience improved. What begins as combat ends as compliance.

A Battlefield of Data

Every environment in Deception mirrors real digital terrain: firewalls as walls, servers as strongholds, vulnerabilities as enemies. As you fight, data glows across the battlefield — a constant reminder that every shot, every strategy, directly impacts live systems.

Collaboration Without Dashboards

Though single-player, Deception unites defense across industries by sharing anonymized remediation outcomes. Each player’s completed reports strengthen the wider network defense fabric, feeding collective intelligence into Stellar Cyber and Zero Bias to help others prepare for the same threats.