Internal Auditing vs Continuous Monitoring

Developers should learn internal auditing when working in regulated industries (e meets developers should learn and implement continuous monitoring to ensure application health, quickly identify and resolve production issues, and improve user experience. Here's our take.

Internal Auditing

Nice Pick

Developers should learn internal auditing when working in regulated industries (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: risk-management, compliance

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Continuous Monitoring

Developers should learn and implement Continuous Monitoring to ensure application health, quickly identify and resolve production issues, and improve user experience

Pros

• It is essential for modern cloud-native and microservices architectures where systems are dynamic and distributed, making manual monitoring impractical
• Related to: devops, site-reliability-engineering

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Internal Auditing if: You want g and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Continuous Monitoring if: You prioritize it is essential for modern cloud-native and microservices architectures where systems are dynamic and distributed, making manual monitoring impractical over what Internal Auditing offers.

The Bottom Line

Internal Auditing wins

Developers should learn internal auditing when working in regulated industries (e