Continuous Monitoring
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
An ongoing process of collecting and reviewing security-relevant signals so issues can be detected, assessed, and acted on as environments change. Continuous monitoring is a core requirement in mature security programs because point-in-time audits miss too much drift.
In plain English: Watching systems continuously for security-relevant changes and problems.
Example: "The cloud team moved from quarterly reviews to continuous monitoring because new assets appeared daily."
Related Terms
- Anomaly Detection
- HIDS
- Host-Based Intrusion Detection
- IDS
- Intrusion Detection System
- Network Intrusion Detection
- NIDS
- Automated Threat Detection
- Canary
- Data Residency
- Detection Gap
- Detection Rule
- Federal Compliance
- Health Check Security
- Incident Detection
- IOC
- Mean Time to Detect
- Monitoring Rule
- Network Probe
- Network Traffic Analysis
- Passive Scanning
- PCI
- Predictive Security
- Privileged Session
- Process Monitor
- Real-Time Alerting
- Runtime Protection