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Continuous Monitoring

Continuous monitoring is the ongoing, automated surveillance of a vendor's external security posture, as opposed to relying on point-in-time assessments. It surfaces new vulnerabilities, configuration changes, and emerging threats in near real time, replacing the inadequate "assess once a year" model that leaves organizations blind to changes between review cycles. Black Kite rescans vendor portfolios on a rolling basis and surfaces changes through FocusTags® and automated workflow alerts.