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The Cut · weekly board 2026-W33

The CFO wants $4M.
Survive the year.

You inherit a real-looking security stack and a 10% cut mandate. Decide what to keep, right-size, consolidate, or kill — then live with it through a year of incidents, audits, and one very patient APT. One composite CISO Score. Same board for everyone this week. Winner takes the bragging rights.

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Sana R. · 1st
CISO · 2h · 🌐
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Scored 846/1000 on The Cut 😤 — survived a $4M budget cut AND the APT. Think you can beat that? Same board, no excuses. 👇
Share card: 846/1000, grade A
846/1000 · grade A — The Cut
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846/1000 · grade A — The Cut
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just survived the CFO with an A 😎 your turn — same board: playciso.com/tools/the-cut14:02 ✓✓
846?? ok it's on 🫡14:05
1 · Make the cut
Keep, right-size, consolidate, or kill each line item until you hit the mandate.
2 · Survive the year
Incidents, audits, and an APT test every decision you made. Your score is server-graded, 0–1000.
3 · Challenge a colleague
They play your exact board. Same stack, same events, no excuses. Loser buys coffee.

Practice mode without a leaderboard lives at Budget Siege.