Compliance training proves attendance. SecDim proves capability. Here's how the two approaches differ — and what each one lets you report to the board.
| Compliance training | SecDim | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Videos, slides, multiple-choice quizzes | Real vulnerable applications in a wargame — find, hack, fix |
| Skill formed | Recognition of terms and policies | Applied secure coding capability, earned under adversarial pressure |
| Engagement | Mandated; completed to clear the checkbox | Intrinsic; developers return to compete and rank |
| Evidence produced | Completion percentage and quiz scores | Verified fixes, SecDim Grades, Risk Quadrants by team |
| Compliance reporting | Attendance attestations | Tailored auditor and board reports backed by operational proof |
| AI-era coverage | Rarely updated for LLM risks | Prompt injection, OWASP LLM Top 10, insecure MCP servers in real apps |
Most security incidents trace back to predictable coding weaknesses that compliance modules describe but never exercise. Teams pass the quiz, ship the same bug classes sprint after sprint, and the training budget produces a certificate instead of a capability.
Repeated bug class reduction, exploit resistance, remediation quality, and benchmarked team grades. SecDim produces these from real developer actions — so what you report is what actually happened.
Yes. SecDim produces tailored reports for auditors and compliance frameworks — but the evidence comes from developers actually finding, exploiting, and fixing vulnerabilities, not from watching videos.
A completion percentage tells you who clicked through a module. It says nothing about whether a developer can catch a vulnerability before it ships. Capability metrics measure what actually happened in code.
No. SecDim challenges run in the browser or the developer's own IDE with zero environment setup, and pathways can be assigned by team, role, or vulnerability class.
Pick one team, define success criteria such as repeated bug class reduction and remediation quality, run a SecDim pilot alongside your existing program, and compare the evidence each produces. Book a demo to scope it.
See how a wargame-based program measures up against your current compliance training — with evidence you can put in front of the board.
