Chapter 12

Strategies for continuous monitoring

Abstract

This chapter focuses on strategies for addressing the federal continuous monitoring (CM) requirements. An in-depth examination of CM will focus on establishing policies and procedures, programs, roles and responsibilities, and processes.

Keywords

Continuous monitoring; FedRAMP; CM; organizational governance; CM strategy; CM program

Information in this chapter:

• Introduction to Continuous Monitoring

• The Continuous Monitoring Process

• Continuous Monitoring within FedRAMP

Introduction to Continuous Monitoring

Continuous1 monitoring (CM)2 is an organizational-wide activity that supports risk management by enabling an organization to understand and maintain its information security and risk posture ...

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