If the device stops responding, active monitoring will throw an alarm showing the device as unavailable and allows for the proactive correction of the problem.
However, the term is also used more broadly to include more proactive practices such as impact investing, shareholder advocacy and community investing.
The program was founded in 1986 introducing a proactive way of approaching accountant's professional liability insurance that focuses on helping firms reduce their risk exposure.
It is also recommended that strategies should take a proactive approach in managing behaviour or skill deficits (when possible), rather than adopt a reactive approach.