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Level 1 – Forest of Foundational Policies
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📖 Field Notes
🧙♀️ Journal Entry – Day 9: The Scrollwinds Stir
Beyond the Courtyard, the air thickens with the scent of ink, parchment, and time. The path narrows beneath a canopy of ancient trees, their branches tangled with scrolls — some glowing faintly, others faded and torn by age. You’ve entered the Forest of Foundational Policies, and nothing here is written in stone… yet.
The undergrowth crackles beneath your boots — discarded drafts, half-written policies, outdated HR handbooks devoured by ivy. Framework names are carved into bark with obsessive repetition, surrounded by footnotes and forgotten citations. Every tree hums with unresolved intent.
This is a place of cluttered wisdom. Every direction leads to a new directive, a dusty procedure, a policy that was either never approved or always ignored. It is both archive and battleground — and navigating it requires patience, clarity, and conviction.
In a glade ahead, a radiant tree stands apart. Its bark shimmers with runes of governance, and from its branches bloom living documents, ready to be signed into law. You approach reverently. This is no ordinary flora — it is the soul of compliance made manifest. Here, words carry weight. Here, signature is spellcraft.
And yet, the forest tests you.
Each scroll you write must balance clarity and constraint.
Each approval must pass through ritual and review.
Every policy — a pact.
This is where I first learned the magic of governance: the difference between policy and prose, between control and control freak. I forged the habits that would shape every layer of defense to come.
In the Forest, chaos is always close. The trees shift when you look away. Templates vanish. Edits reappear. But if your hand is steady, if your purpose is clear, you will emerge from these woods with more than paper. You will carry order — bound, signed, and sealed.
“To wield a scroll is to command a kingdom. But first, you must write it.”
🧠 Dungeon Purpose
The Forest of Foundational Policies is where compliance gains its voice and shape.
This level is all about writing, reviewing, aligning, and approving core policies. Whether your organization is adopting a new framework (like ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST) or simply maturing its documentation, this is where it begins to look real.
Key outcomes of this level:
In a fantasy metaphor: this is where you forge the rules of your kingdom.
📜 Quest Log
Status
Quest Name
Description
Assigned Class
Assigned To
Completion Date
Complete?
Complete
Draft Acceptable Use Policy
Define the boundaries of technology use across the kingdom. From coffee shop Wi-Fi to forbidden torrent magic, lay the law of the land.
🧙 Policy Mage
🎉 DONE! 🎉
Complete
Publish Password & Authentication Policy
Craft a sacred scroll that binds all users to secure credentials. Bonus points if it slays the ancient beast known as “Password123.”
🧙 Policy Mage
🎉 DONE! 🎉
Not Started
Create a Security Policy Approval Process
Document the path every new policy must follow to gain the royal seal of approval. Who reviews it? Who signs it? Where is it stored? Without this process, your scrolls of power may never become official doctrine. Establish the ritual.
📜 Audit Bard
Complete ✅
Not Started
Create Remote Work & BYOD Policy
Establish the rules for mages and merchants working from afar, including what personal artifacts (devices) may access the realm.
🧙 Policy Mage
Complete ✅
Not Started
Document Data Classification & Handling Policy
Identify the kingdom’s crown jewels—and specify how they're to be guarded, handled, and never left in unlocked carriages (or USBs).
🧙 Policy Mage
Complete ✅
Not Started
Define Roles & Responsibilities (RACI) for Security
Clarify who defends what part of the realm. Define the sentinels, scribes, and spellcasters responsible for each control domain.
🧙 Policy Mage
Complete ✅
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