Annual Audit
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The end-of-year board review at quarters 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. Calculates an audit performance score, applies it to Board Confidence, and may unlock or block the next year's budget growth.
Where this term fits in a CISO program
Annual Audit is one of 35 cybersecurity strategy concepts CISO Simulator models live. Annual Audit appears throughout the simulation — in the risk register, the investment catalog, and the mechanics reference — so a player encounters the concept in context rather than as an isolated definition.
See it in play
The fastest way to internalize Annual Audit is to watch it move during a 5-year program. Start a free CISO Simulator run to see how this concept interacts with budget, hiring, and incident response across 20 quarters of strategic play.
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