Real-Time Monitoring vs. Infrastructure Performance
Apply tiered, risk-proportionate monitoring intensity to critical assets first, preserving infrastructure performance without sacrificing visibility.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Cyber contradiction C138 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Overview
Continuous monitoring provides immediate visibility into security events but consumes computing resources, network bandwidth, and storage. Excessive monitoring may negatively affect operational performance. CyberTRIZ recommends adaptive monitoring that increases visibility for critical systems while optimizing resource consumption elsewhere.
Practical Example
A cloud provider enables detailed telemetry for internet-facing applications while using summarized monitoring for internal administrative services.
TRIZ principles applied
P03 Local QualityP15 DynamicsP23 Feedback
Controls that address this (22)
EU_NIS2-CTRL-001 - Daily safeguarding reconciliationoperational · critical priority · Daily reconciliation between safeguarded customer balances, core ledger balances and safeguarded bank accounts. Variances above EUR 100 mustEU_NIS2-CTRL-002 - Critical ICT incident reportingoperational · critical priority · All major ICT incidents impacting payment services, customer data or availability must be classified within 4 hours and reported under DORA EU_NIS2-CTRL-003 - GDPR breach notification workflowoperational · critical priority · Personal data breaches must be assessed within 12 hours and reported to the Belgian DPA within 72 hours where risk to data subjects exists.