Monitoring
39 articles
Monitoring Overview (New Experience)Learn how to use Monitoring in Drata to review test results and maintain continuous audit readiness.
Understanding Test Provisioning and the Test Library (New Experience)
Test Library (New experience)
Filter and search tests in Monitoring (New Experience)Learn how to filter, search, and narrow tests in Drata’s Monitoring page to quickly find results, review findings, and resolve compliance gaps.
View and Manage Test Details (New Experience)Learn how to use the test details page in Drata Monitoring to investigate test results, remediate issues, manage exclusions, and understand how tests impact control readiness and compliance.
Manage Tests in Monitoring Page (New Experience)Learn how to run, enable, disable, publish, or export one or more tests in Drata’s Monitoring page.
Enable AI Summaries for Tests (New Experience)Learn how to enable AI-powered summaries for failed custom tests in Drata’s Monitoring page, generate explanations for failures, and streamline issue resolution.
Add tests from the Test Library to a workspace (New Experience)
Map tests to controls (New Experience)Manually map tests to controls to ensure monitoring results accurately reflect how your controls are implemented.
Download Audit Evidence for a Custom Test (New Experience)
Disable a test (New Experience)Disable a test when the test itself does not apply to your environment or when the control is monitored outside of Drata.
Exclude findings from tests (New Experience)Use this article to exclude specific items from a compliance test when the test does not apply to those items.
Exclusions vs. Disabling a Test (Concept Guide)When should you use each option within Drata?
Excluding Infrastructure resourcesExclusions in Drata let you exclude specific resources or test findings from compliance monitoring to reduce noise, manage audit scope, and focus on relevant evidence.
Exclusion labels within GCPImplementing exclusion labels for specific resources
Exclusion tags within AWSImplementing exclusion tags for specific resources
Exclusion tags within AzureImplementing exclusion tags for specific resources
Identify and Add Missing Azure Permissions for DrataUnderstand why Drata Azure tests fail and how to add the required Microsoft Graph API and Azure RBAC permissions to restore monitoring.
Identify and Add Missing AWS Permissions for Drata
Identify and Add Missing GCP Permissions for Drata
Resolve SSL/TLS Compliance Testing Issues in Drata
DratabotHow to verify the Dratabot
AWS Resource PermissionsThe available supported AWS resources.
Resource Guide for custom testsThe Resource Guide provides detailed information about available attributes and the structure of your data when you are creating custom test
Common use cases for custom testLearn the most common use cases for creating custom tests
Create and Publish Custom Tests (New Experience)
Edit a Custom Test (New Experience)
Advanced Editor in the Test Builder (New Experience)
Classic Drata Experience
If your account hasn’t been updated to the New Drata Experience yet, use these guides for step‑by‑step instructions.
MonitoringContinuous, automated testing of your security controls
How to manually run a control test anytimeTests automatically run every evening (PST) in Drata, but you're also able to manually trigger them anytime
ExclusionsExclude one or more items from a test and provide a business rationale so the item is no longer accounted for in the test.
Mapping Tests and ControlsManually map tests to controls for greater flexibility and automation
How to Disable a Test
Create custom testLearn how to create and publish your custom test and view the PDF that the auditor has access to in order to learn about your custom test
Edit your custom testLearn how to edit your custom test.
Advanced editor in the Test Builder
Enable AI Summaries for TestsEnable AI-powered summaries to quickly generate explanations for test failures in your custom test, streamlining issue resolution.
Monitoring: Manage Individual Test DetailsDescribes the Tests page from Monitoring, available by default for customers onboarded after July 2, 2025, or those opted into Early Access.
Conditions That Affect 'Fix Now' and 'Test Now' Button VisibilityFix Now and Test Now Button Visibility in Drata Explained