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.
Sources & evidence · 2
Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossaryDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16