Monitoring & Alerts Guide

Keep executive intelligence current.

Monitoring frameworks turn Horizon from a point-in-time assessment into a continuous decision-support surface. Alerts direct executive attention to what has changed, what is due, and what warrants a response.

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Monitoring Frameworks

Structured schedules and assignments that keep Horizon intelligence current between full assessments.

What it measures

Assigned owners, review cadence, review-due status, and monitoring coverage across risk domains.

Why it matters

Risk profiles drift. Monitoring frameworks turn Horizon from a point-in-time snapshot into a continuous decision-support surface.

Interpretation
Scheduled
Scheduled review
A cadence is set and the next review date is in the future.
Due
Review due
The scheduled review window has arrived — action required.
Overdue
Overdue
The review window has passed. Refresh the assessment to keep intelligence reliable.
Example

A quarterly monitoring assignment on a critical supplier ensures the executive team is prompted to refresh exposure data before the next board meeting.

Recommended actions
  • Assign an owner to every active monitoring framework.
  • Address 'Review due' items promptly to prevent stale intelligence.
  • Escalate 'Overdue' items into the next executive review cycle.
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Executive Alerts

Prioritized notifications generated when Horizon detects a material change, review-due event, or intelligence match relevant to the organization.

What it measures

Alert type, severity, source (assessment, monitoring, industry intelligence), and recommended executive action.

Why it matters

Ensures leadership sees what matters without needing to monitor the platform manually.

Interpretation
Informational
Informational
Awareness-level signal. Review during the next intelligence cycle.
Advisory
Advisory
Meaningful development — consider updating monitoring or planning.
Priority
Priority
Direct executive attention warranted. Coordinate a response.
Critical
Critical
Immediate leadership review and response planning required.
Example

A new industry intelligence item tagged to your sector may generate a Priority alert with a link to the underlying context and a suggested next step.

Recommended actions
  • Triage alerts weekly at minimum.
  • Convert Priority and Critical alerts into recommendations with owners.
  • Close out alerts once action is taken so the queue reflects reality.
How to act on monitoring outputs
  • Treat "Review due" notifications as the trigger to refresh the underlying assessment before the next executive cycle.
  • Convert Priority and Critical executive alerts into tracked recommendations with an owner, target date, and completion criteria.
  • Close out alerts once action is taken so the queue reflects the current state of the organization.
  • Continuous monitoring capabilities — snapshots, score deltas, and threshold-based alerting — are actively expanding.