Continuous Monitoring with NIST: Keeping Your Security Posture Strong

About the Course:

This course focuses on building sustainable, continuous monitoring programs that maintain security between assessments and audits. This three-hour course provides a practical introduction to implementing effective continuous monitoring programs based on NIST guidelines. Participants learn how to maintain and evaluate security controls between assessments, detect issues early, and sustain a strong security posture. 

The training covers designing monitoring programs, implementing automation, analyzing key security metrics, responding to control degradation, and communicating results. It is designed for security analysts, SOC personnel, and compliance managers who already understand the fundamentals of security controls. The curriculum includes program design, automated monitoring, metrics analysis, response procedures, and results reporting.

Course Objectives:

• Design monitoring programs
• Implement automated monitoring
• Analyze security metrics
• Respond to control degradation
• Report monitoring results

Who is the Target Audience:

This course is designed for professionals involved in maintaining, monitoring, or improving an organization’s security posture, including:

• Security Analysts: Individuals responsible for monitoring systems, identifying anomalies, and evaluating security control effectiveness.
• SOC Staff & Incident Responders: Team members who handle real-time threat detection, escalation, and response activities.
• Compliance & Risk Managers: Professionals ensuring organizational alignment with frameworks such as NIST, ISO, and regulatory requirements.
• Security Engineers: Those who design and implement automated monitoring tools, dashboards, and security infrastructure.
• IT Audit Support Staff: Personnel supporting security audits who need to understand how continuous monitoring feeds into compliance evidence.

• System Administrators & IT Operations Teams: Staff who maintain systems and implement security control changes based on monitoring results.

Basic Knowledge:

• Basic understanding of security controls fundamentals