Reliability, security & resilience · Core

Monitoring

Also called: system monitoring

ELI5

Watch systems so problems are noticed.

Used in conversation

“Monitoring alerted the team before customers reported the outage.”

Definition

Continuous or periodic observation of systems and measures to detect conditions requiring attention.

Here “Monitoring” means: Continuous or periodic observation of systems and measures to detect conditions requiring attention.

Pitch context

You will see “Monitoring” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches reliability, security & resilience.

Why it matters: In reliability, security & resilience, the scope can change what data may be used, who may access it and which controls are required.

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