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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Intermediate

RMF Monitor Step

RMF step maintaining ongoing awareness of system security and privacy posture to support risk decisions.

Definition

Monitoring includes tracking system and environment changes, ongoing control assessments, remediation, updating plans and POA&Ms, security status reporting, ongoing risk determination, and eventually system disposal. Effective monitoring enables ongoing authorization.

Example

Monthly vulnerability scans and quarterly control assessments feed the AO's dashboard.

Exam tip

Monitor covers decommissioning tasks as well (M-7 system disposal).

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