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Which benefit does NIST attribute to measuring performance frequently rather than annually?

  1. The organisation can correct course itself when a remedial action is not working, instead of the failure surfacing in an external audit
  2. Frequent measurement removes the need for corrective action plans altogether, since a problem is caught long before it is large enough to plan around
  3. Frequent measurement lowers the total cost of the programme
  4. Frequent measurement replaces the requirement for an independent assessment, since the evidence an assessor would gather is already being collected
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Answer: A. The organisation can correct course itself when a remedial action is not working, instead of the failure surfacing in an external audit

NIST states frequent performance measurements ensure that if corrective actions are not implemented as planned, or their effect is not the desired one, quick course corrections can be made internally, avoiding problems being unveiled during external audits.

Source: NIST SP 800-100 (NIST) — Sec. 7.4.5 Apply Corrective Actions

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