The correct answer is It enables rapid detection and response to emerging and evolving risks.

Continuous risk monitoring gives a regional payments startup ongoing visibility into threats and control effectiveness and it reduces the time between detection and mitigation. Continuous monitoring supports automated alerts and playbooks and it integrates threat intelligence so the team can adapt controls and incident response as risks change.

It guarantees elimination of every potential risk is incorrect because no process can remove every possible risk. Monitoring can reduce exposure and inform mitigation but it cannot make the risk profile zero or prevent unknown or unavoidable business risks.

Cloud Security Command Center is incorrect because that option names a specific product rather than describing the protective capability in the question. A platform tool can help with monitoring but the question asks about the practice of continuous monitoring and response rather than a single vendor service.

It eliminates the need for formal risk assessments is incorrect because continuous monitoring complements formal assessments. Periodic risk assessments and audits provide comprehensive, documented analysis for compliance and strategy while monitoring provides ongoing detection and operational feedback.

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