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Control Monitoring

What is Control Monitoring?

The ongoing assessment of control performance and effectiveness through testing, metrics, and automated monitoring tools.

Risk Management

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as control monitoring. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on control monitoring

Requirements naming control monitoring across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Engine control, monitoring and auxiliary equipment, systems and networks, considered separately and in relation to other systems, must be protected from intentional unauthorized electronic interactions that may adversely affect the safety of the engine or the...

faa-aircraft-systems-information-security-protection-asisp::33.28(n) · 33.28(n) Engine control, monitoring and auxiliary systems protected from IUEI →
CMMC 2.01 control

Monitor security controls continuously so their effectiveness is known on an ongoing basis rather than only at assessment time.

CA.L2-3.12.3 · Security Control Monitoring →

The AV's mission ought to be set down explicitly, restating core objective 4.1, so that every later design decision (ODD, sensing, planning, control, monitoring and effectiveness) can be judged against it.

bsi-pas-1880-2020::5.1 · 5.1 Objective: the mission is defined →

Support regulatory audits for cloud-native environments: evidence collection, compliance automation and continuous control monitoring mapped to applicable regimes.

CNCF-COMP-AUDITS · Regulatory Audits →
FedRAMP High1 control

Employ environmental control monitoring that provides an alarm or notification of changes potentially harmful to personnel or equipment to FedRAMP-defined personnel or roles.

PE-14(2) · Environmental Controls | Monitoring with Alarms and Notifications →

Machine learning sub-systems embedded in wider IT systems follow a risk-based life cycle framework aligned with the GAMP phases, with data management starting in the concept phase because data is the key resource, performance metrics acting as the technical sp...

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::D11 · Appendix D11 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning →

Questions people ask about control monitoring

What is Control Monitoring?
The ongoing assessment of control performance and effectiveness through testing, metrics, and automated monitoring tools.
Why is Control Monitoring important for compliance?
Control Monitoring is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding control monitoring helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Control Monitoring?
Control Monitoring appears in the requirement text of FAA Aircraft Systems Information Security Protection (ASISP), CMMC 2.0, BSI PAS 1880:2020, CNCF Security Technical Advisory Group (TAG), FedRAMP High. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Control Monitoring?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how control monitoring applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Control Monitoring applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.