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Information Security Continuous Monitoring

nounid 2877·updated May 9, 2026
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Maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. [Note: The terms “continuous” and “ongoing” in this context mean that security controls and organizational risks are assessed and analyzed at a frequency sufficient to support risk-based security decisions to adequately protect organization information.]

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Classifications

Entity Type

Capability90%rule-basedr:entity.capability.service.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
ISCM
plural
Information Security Continuous Monitorings
possessive
Information Security Continuous Monitoring's
pluralpossessive
Information Security Continuous Monitorings'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. [Note: The terms “continuous” and “ongoing” in this context mean that security controls and organizational risks are assessed and analyzed at a frequency sufficient to support risk-based security decisions to adequately protect organization information.]
NIST SP 800-1371 senseview framework →
§1
Maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. [Note: The terms “continuous” and “ongoing” in this context mean that security controls and organizational risks are assessed and analyzed at a frequency sufficient to support risk-based security decisions to adequately protect organization information.]
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. [Note: The terms “continuous” and “ongoing” in this context mean that security controls and organizational risks are assessed and analyzed at a frequency sufficient to support risk-based security decisions to adequately protect organization information.]
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