Compliance Monitoring & Auditing Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of system monitoring?
Answer: To detect issues proactively and maintain system health
System monitoring enables proactive issue detection and health maintenance, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent service delivery.
Which metrics are most important for a comprehensive monitoring strategy?
Answer: Availability, performance, error rates, and resource utilization
A comprehensive strategy monitors availability, performance, error rates, and resource utilization together to provide complete visibility into system health.
How should monitoring alerts be configured?
Answer: With meaningful thresholds that indicate actionable conditions
Meaningful thresholds prevent alert fatigue while ensuring actionable conditions are caught, enabling timely response to genuine issues.
What makes a report effective for stakeholder communication?
Answer: Clear visualization of relevant metrics aligned with business objectives
Effective reports use clear visualizations of relevant metrics aligned with business objectives, enabling stakeholders to understand status and make informed decisions.
Why is trend analysis valuable in monitoring?
Answer: It reveals patterns that predict future issues before they become critical
Trend analysis reveals patterns in system behavior that can predict future issues, enabling proactive intervention before problems impact users.
What is the difference between monitoring and observability?
Answer: Monitoring tracks known metrics while observability enables investigation of unknown issues
Monitoring tracks predefined metrics, while observability provides the tooling and data to investigate unexpected or unknown issues through logs, traces, and metrics.