Continuous Monitoring

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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The process implemented to maintain a current security status for one or more information systems or for the entire suite of information systems on which the operational mission of the enterprise depends. The process includes: 1) The development of a strategy to regularly evaluate selected IA controls/metrics, 2) Recording and evaluating IA relevant events and the effectiveness of the enterprise in dealing with those events, 3) Recording changes to IA controls, or changes that affect IA risks, and 4) Publishing the current security status to enable information-sharing decisions involving the enterprise.

Framework senses

5 senses across 4 frameworks

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →

§1: The purpose of this task is to maintain ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats in order to support organizational risk decisions and to assess, analyze, and report on security controls and organizational risks at a frequency that sufficiently supports risk-based security decisions and adequately protects an organization's information.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →

§1: The process implemented to maintain a current security status for one or more information systems or for the entire suite of information systems on which the operational mission of the enterprise depends. The process includes: 1) The development of a strategy to regularly evaluate selected IA controls/metrics, 2) Recording and evaluating IA relevant events and the effectiveness of the enterprise in dealing with those events, 3) Recording changes to IA controls, or changes that affect IA risks, and 4) Publishing the current security status to enable information-sharing decisions involving the enterprise.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: Maintaining ongoing awareness to support organizational risk decisions.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: The process implemented to maintain a current security status for one or more information systems or for the entire suite of information systems on which the operational mission of the enterprise depends. The process includes: 1) The development of a strategy to regularly evaluate selected IA controls/metrics, 2) Recording and evaluating IA relevant events and the effectiveness of the enterprise in dealing with those events, 3) Recording changes to IA controls, or changes that affect IA risks, and 4) Publishing the current security status to enable information-sharing decisions involving the enterprise.

NIST SP 800-1371 senseview framework →

§1: Maintaining ongoing awareness to support organizational risk decisions.