Overview#
Tracking adherence to policies, standards, and regulatory requirements. Combines automated checks, evidence collection, and reporting for audits.
Core objectives#
- Establish shared definitions of Compliance Monitoring for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Connect Compliance Monitoring activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
- Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Compliance Monitoring works here.
Implementation notes#
- Identify the primary owner for Compliance Monitoring, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
- Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Compliance Monitoring healthy.
- Map Compliance Monitoring practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.
Operational signals#
- Leading indicators: early warnings that Compliance Monitoring might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
- Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Compliance Monitoring failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
- Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Compliance Monitoring continuously.
Related practices#
- Align Compliance Monitoring with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
- Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
- Pair Compliance Monitoring improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.