Network Monitoring
What is Network Monitoring?
The continuous observation of network performance and security using tools that track traffic, detect anomalies, and alert on potential threats.
Terms that appear alongside network monitoring
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as network monitoring. The number is how many controls name both.
- audit 4 shared controls
- authentication 4 shared controls
- cybersecurity 4 shared controls
- remote access 3 shared controls
- traffic analysis 3 shared controls
- continuous monitoring 3 shared controls
- lateral movement 2 shared controls
- zero trust 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern network monitoring
What the standards actually require on network monitoring
Requirements naming network monitoring across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Network monitoring and defense. Control from BSI IT-Grundschutz framework, domain: BSI IT-Grundschutz: System & Communications Protection.
BSI-12 · Network monitoring and defense →Network monitoring and defense. Implements CyFun DE.CM-1: the network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events.
BE-CF-12 · Network monitoring and defense →UR E26 Goal 3 (Detect) requires monitoring + detection capabilities to identify cyber incidents. Logging: all CBS log security-relevant events (authentication + authorization + configuration change + privileged action + network connection + failure);
IACS-UR-E26-Detect-Logging-Monitoring-Audit-Alerting · IACS UR E26 Detect Goal - Logging + Network Monitoring + Audit Trail + Alerting + SIEM →ARCHITECTURE domain. Implement network protections including segmentation between IT and OT, boundary protection, and network monitoring.
ARCH-2 · Implement Network Protections →Integrate analysis of audit records with analysis of vulnerability scanning, performance data, network monitoring; HIGH only.
AU-6(5) · Integrated Analysis of Audit Records →Ghana CSA compliance program implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO) - CII Cybersecurity Plan ownership + CSA Ghana liaison; (b) CSA-CONTACT POINT for incident reporting + audit + cooperation;
GhCSA-Implementation-Roadmap · Implementation Roadmap - Organizational Roles, Tooling and Metrics →Questions people ask about network monitoring
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