How DataBee Augments your CMDB to help Enable Truly Continuous Controls Monitoring
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In each episode, Robin Das, Executive Director at Comcast under the DataBee team, explores the CISO’s role through the position’s relationship with other security stakeholders, from regulators and the Board of Directors to internal personnel and outside vendors.
How DataBee Augments your CMDB to help Enable Truly Continuous Controls Monitoring
DataBee, a Comcast company, delivers the core capabilities of a security data fabric—collecting, normalizing, and correlating cybersecurity data across your environment. This unified, queryable data layer becomes the foundation for enabling GRC teams to make Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) truly continuous.
In a recent video conversation, Robin Das, DataBee, and Tyler Shields, Principal Analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, discussed the role of data fabrics like DataBee in augmenting Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) and enabling continuous controls monitoring. Watch the video here:
Instead of relying on siloed tools or point solutions, DataBee creates a single source of truth. It transforms fragmented data into a common schema, making it easy to track compliance metrics in real time and adapt to changing regulations without rebuilding your tech stack.
Whether the requirement shifts from 90% MFA coverage to 95%, or expands to new device types, DataBee already has the data—making updates effortless. Compliance becomes dynamic, flexible, and scalable.
At its core, compliance is about asking questions: Do we have X? Is Y in place? With DataBee, those questions can be asked and answered continuously, with full context—turning compliance from a static checkbox into a living, responsive part of your security program.
CMDB Enrichment with DataBee Security Fabric
The discussion explored how Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) benefits from a security data fabric like DataBee, especially when integrated with traditional IT systems like CMDBs.
- CMDBs as a Starting Point: CMDBs serve as a system of record for assets, but they often lag behind real-time changes due to manual updates and organizational complexity.
- DataBee’s Role: DataBee doesn’t replace CMDBs—it augments them. It pulls in data from CMDBs and other sources, normalizes it, and adds context to create a more complete, accurate, and continuously updated view of assets and controls.
- Triangulation for Accuracy: By comparing data across systems, DataBee helps GRC teams to identify gaps, outdated records, and shadow assets. This triangulation enables error reduction and improved confidence in control monitoring.
- Enabling True CCM: For CCM to be effective, it needs a broad, contextual, and continuously updated data layer. DataBee provides this foundation, allowing organizations to monitor controls in real time and adapt quickly to changes.
By enriching CMDBs and delivering real-time, contextual insights, DataBee empowers organizations to move beyond static periodic audits and embrace continuous compliance. It enables GRC teams to monitor controls dynamically, respond to changes swiftly, and build a resilient, scalable compliance program.
How DataBee Augments your CMDB to help Enable Truly Continuous Controls Monitoring
DataBee, a Comcast company, delivers the core capabilities of a security data fabric—collecting, normalizing, and correlating cybersecurity data across your environment. This unified, queryable data layer becomes the foundation for enabling GRC teams to make Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) truly continuous.
In a recent video conversation, Robin Das, DataBee, and Tyler Shields, Principal Analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, discussed the role of data fabrics like DataBee in augmenting Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) and enabling continuous controls monitoring. Watch the video here:
Instead of relying on siloed tools or point solutions, DataBee creates a single source of truth. It transforms fragmented data into a common schema, making it easy to track compliance metrics in real time and adapt to changing regulations without rebuilding your tech stack.
Whether the requirement shifts from 90% MFA coverage to 95%, or expands to new device types, DataBee already has the data—making updates effortless. Compliance becomes dynamic, flexible, and scalable.
At its core, compliance is about asking questions: Do we have X? Is Y in place? With DataBee, those questions can be asked and answered continuously, with full context—turning compliance from a static checkbox into a living, responsive part of your security program.
CMDB Enrichment with DataBee Security Fabric
The discussion explored how Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) benefits from a security data fabric like DataBee, especially when integrated with traditional IT systems like CMDBs.
- CMDBs as a Starting Point: CMDBs serve as a system of record for assets, but they often lag behind real-time changes due to manual updates and organizational complexity.
- DataBee’s Role: DataBee doesn’t replace CMDBs—it augments them. It pulls in data from CMDBs and other sources, normalizes it, and adds context to create a more complete, accurate, and continuously updated view of assets and controls.
- Triangulation for Accuracy: By comparing data across systems, DataBee helps GRC teams to identify gaps, outdated records, and shadow assets. This triangulation enables error reduction and improved confidence in control monitoring.
- Enabling True CCM: For CCM to be effective, it needs a broad, contextual, and continuously updated data layer. DataBee provides this foundation, allowing organizations to monitor controls in real time and adapt quickly to changes.
By enriching CMDBs and delivering real-time, contextual insights, DataBee empowers organizations to move beyond static periodic audits and embrace continuous compliance. It enables GRC teams to monitor controls dynamically, respond to changes swiftly, and build a resilient, scalable compliance program.
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