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Risk Monitoring

What is Risk Monitoring?

The continuous tracking and review of risk levels, control effectiveness, and risk indicators to detect changes in the risk environment.

Risk Management

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

What the standards actually require on risk monitoring

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

Management monitors and reports the risks of development, acquisition and maintenance, including project management risks such as milestone shifts, negative test results and major requirement changes, cybersecurity, supply chain and emerging technology, in tim...

ffiec-it-examination-handbook::DAM-III.C · III.C Risk Monitoring and Reporting (Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance) →

The FI should institute a process to assess and monitor the design and operating effectiveness of IT controls against identified risks;

monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::4.5 · 4.5 Risk Monitoring, Review and Reporting →

Ensure risk monitoring is an integral part of the continuous monitoring strategy that includes the following: (a) Effectiveness monitoring; (b) Compliance monitoring; and (c) Change monitoring.

NIST800-CA-7(4) · CA-7(4) Continuous Monitoring | Risk Monitoring →

Where monitoring, particularly with new technology, probably carries high risk, such as systematic and extensive automated evaluation with significant effects, the employer must assess its impact on data protection (a DPIA), and if the residual risk remains hi...

article-29-working-party-opinion-2-2017-on-data-processing-at-work-wp249::3.2.2 · 3.2.2 Data protection impact assessment for high-risk monitoring and prior consultation if residual risk stays high →

Data processing must be subject to closer risk monitoring; where data security defects, vulnerabilities or other risks are discovered remedial measures are taken immediately;

china-data-security-law-dsl::29 · Art. 29 Closer risk monitoring, immediate remediation of defects, immediate incident handling with user notification and reporting →

Make risk monitoring, covering effectiveness, compliance and change, an integral part of the continuous monitoring strategy.

fbi-cjis-security-policy::CA-7(4) · CA-7(4) Continuous Monitoring | Risk Monitoring →

Questions people ask about risk monitoring

What is Risk Monitoring?
The continuous tracking and review of risk levels, control effectiveness, and risk indicators to detect changes in the risk environment.
Why is Risk Monitoring important for compliance?
Risk Monitoring is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk 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 Risk Monitoring?
Risk Monitoring appears in the requirement text of FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Article 29 Working Party Opinion 2/2017 on Data Processing at Work (WP249), China Data Security Law (DSL). Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk Monitoring?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk 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.

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