What is continuous controls monitoring (CCM)?

Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) is the process of automatically and continuously evaluating the effectiveness of security controls across an organization's infrastructure. It ensures that controls designed to mitigate risks, protect data, and maintain compliance with regulatory standards are functioning as intended, in real-time.

How does CCM support organizations?

For security teams, CCM provides ongoing visibility into how well security measures are protecting the organization against threats, helping to identify and respond to misconfigurations, control failures, or gaps before they lead to incidents.

For compliance teams, CCM automates the process of tracking how the organization meets regulatory and industry standards, such as NIST, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, or HIPAA. It ensures that compliance requirements are consistently met by providing real-time reporting, audit trails, and alerts for non-compliance or control drift, reducing the manual burden of audits and helping the organization maintain continuous regulatory alignment.

How does CCM integrate with security frameworks and compliance requirements?

Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) integrates with security frameworks and compliance requirements by continuously assessing security controls against established standards like NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other regulatory frameworks. CCM tools automatically map these controls to relevant compliance requirements, ensuring that your organization’s security measures align with the appropriate standards.