03.12.03 Continuous Monitoring
Develop and implement a system-level continuous monitoring strategy that includes ongoing monitoring of security requirements and reporting of security status.
3
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Continuous monitoring strategy · SIEM / log platform
- Metrics dashboards · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Monthly conmon reports · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
Automate the pull from your SIEM / log platform. Retention and alert rules exported from the SIEM; review evidence is the closed-alert record with reviewer and time.
Common gaps auditors find
- no conmon strategy document
- metrics never reported up
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheet03.12.02 Plan of Action and Milestones · 03.12.05 Information Exchange