Every board loves to talk about “digitisation” and “firewalls.” But here’s the truth: the easiest way to hack a ministry, bank, or NGO is not through code, it’s through ghosts on payroll. When HR fraud meets weak IT, cybercrime becomes institutionalized. That’s why I designed the Boardroom Payroll Integrity Tool, a no-excuses dashboard for leaders who want to know if their payroll is a fortress or a fraud pipeline. Ask yourself: a) Can you prove every person on payroll exists? b) Who controls the power to add or remove names? c) Are payroll anomalies linked to IT audit trails—or are…