Event based monitoring or continuous live viewing?
Prepared 22 October 2026 by NightMarshal

Event based monitoring brings selected alerts to reviewers; continuous live viewing assigns people to watch agreed feeds during a defined period. Choose by the task, alert coverage, staffing model and failure handling rather than the phrase “24/7 monitoring”.

Instructions
1. List tasks that cannot be described by an event rule.
2. Ask who watches which views and at what times.
3. Test alert or staffing gaps before making a commitment.

Open the blank CSV in a spreadsheet app; add one row per item. Use Pending for unknowns and N/A only where a field truly does not apply. Review the separate example CSV; all example values are fictional. Keep completed sheets private. Do not include passwords, access codes, personal contacts, footage links or camera stream URLs. No input is collected by these downloads.

Fields
Task
Event rule feasible
Viewing hours
Human coverage model
Gap handling

Fictional example
Fictional buyer: an overnight gate rule fits alert review, while a scheduled loading operation requires an additional task discussion. The team obtains separate scopes instead of assuming one covers both.

Limits
Provider terms differ. This comparison describes operating models, not a hands-on product test.