Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) software is a technology platform that automatically and continuously tests and verifies the effectiveness of an organization’s internal controls in real or near-real time. By integrating with systems like ERP, CRM, and financial platforms, it detects control failures, policy violations, or anomalies before they escalate. Key features include real-time visibility, automated control testing, and proactive notifications. This proactive approach delivers benefits such as early detection of errors, fraud, and compliance gaps, reduced manual audit workload, and stronger risk management. CCM software is widely used by compliance teams, internal auditors, risk managers, security professionals, and finance departments across industries such as banking, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) is focused on enabling security teams to overcome asset visibility and exposure challenges. It enables organizations to see all assets (internal and external), primarily through API integrations with existing tools, query consolidated data, identify the scope of vulnerabilities and gaps in security controls. These tools then continuously monitor and analyze detected vulnerabilities to drill down the most critical threats to the business and prioritize necessary remediation and mitigation actions for improved cyber security.
The IT risk management (ITRM) market focuses on solutions that support the ITRM discipline through automating common workflows and requirements. For the purposes of defining this market, IT risks are risks within the scope and responsibility of the IT department. These include IT dependencies that create uncertainty in daily tactical business activities, and IT risk events resulting from inadequate or failed internal IT processes, people or systems, or from external events.