1. Monitoring is the supervision of the progress of a system, a process or an activity to ensure that it is on-course and on-schedule in meeting the objectives and performance as specified in the BCMS.
Note : To determine the status there may be a need to check, supervise or critically observe.
(Source: ISO 22301:2012 – Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems - Requirements) - clause 3.29
3. Continual checking, supervising, critically observing or determining the status in order to identify change from the performance level required or expected.
Notes (1) : Monitoring can be applied to a risk management framework (2.3), risk management process (2.8), risk (2.1) or control (2.26).
[ISO Guide 73:2009, definition 3.8.2.1]
(Source: ISO 31000:2009 – Risk Management — Principles and Guidelines) - clause 2.28