MON-06.2: Trend Analysis Reporting

There is no evidence of a capability to employ trend analyses to determine if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to employ trend analyses to determine if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.

C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to employ trend analyses to determine if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.

Continuous Monitoring (MON) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Governs asset management that ensures compliance with requirements for asset management. o Leverages a Configuration Management Database (CMDB), or similar tool, as the authoritative source of IT assets. o Centrally collects logs and is protected according to the manufacturer’s security guidelines to protect the integrity of the event logs with cryptographic mechanisms. o Monitors the organization for Indicators of Compromise (IoC) and provides 24x7x365 near real-time alerting capability. o Is configured to alert incident response personnel of detected suspicious events such that incident responders can look to terminate suspicious events.

• An IT Asset Management (ITAM) function, or similar function:
• A Security Incident Event Manager (SIEM), or similar automated tool:
• Both inbound and outbound network traffic is monitored for unauthorized activities to identify prohibited activities and assist incident handlers with identifying potentially compromised systems.
• Administrative processes exist and a SIEM, or similar automated tool, is configured to perform trend analysis to assist in the determination if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.
• The organization sets specific parameters on what type of audit information is permitted to be shared and what cannot be shared with third-parties, even with a NDA in place.

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to employ trend analyses to determine if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to employ trend analyses to determine if security control implementations, the frequency of continuous monitoring activities, and/ or the types of activities used in the continuous monitoring process need to be modified based on empirical data.