This course covers Escalation & Review Protocols, which involves assessing the frameworks, procedures, and governance requirements used to escalate and review watchlisted, SMA, and higher-risk exposures within Credit Monitoring & Portfolio Surveillance workflows. It focuses on ensuring that emerging risks, policy breaches, deteriorating account conditions, and unresolved issues are escalated to the appropriate authority levels in a timely and consistent manner. The course examines how structured review protocols support effective risk oversight, accountability, and decision-making by defining review frequencies, escalation triggers, approval hierarchies, and monitoring responsibilities. It evaluates key dimensions such as control lapses, early warning signal identification, risk trend analysis, and proactive portfolio risk management, with each requiring independent validation and documented rationale before any credit action is finalized. Particular emphasis is placed on ensuring timely risk reviews, tracking escalation outcomes, validating management actions, and maintaining governance discipline throughout the monitoring process. It is distinct from an early warning detection system, as it focuses on the governance, review, and escalation processes applied after risks have been identified, rather than the broader detection and prediction of emerging borrower deterioration signals. Within Watchlist & Special Mention Account Management, the senior credit leader sets portfolio limits, governs exception criteria, and drives strategic alignment across the Credit Monitoring & Portfolio Surveillance function, shaping escalation scope, monitoring priorities, and risk management actions through structured review and escalation protocols.