Continuous Monitoring
nounid
1998·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
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.
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Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.12.02.b.303.12.0303.12.03 ¶ 103.12.03 ¶ 203.14.01.b ¶ 1
Classifications
Entity Type
Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
Cui75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- Continuous Monitorings
- possessive
- Continuous Monitoring's
- pluralpossessive
- Continuous Monitorings'
Framework definitions
- §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.
- §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.
- §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.
- §1
- Maintaining ongoing awareness to support organizational risk decisions.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 5 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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