Resilience vs Development Cost

Map critical functions and credible failure scenarios first, then concentrate resilience investment there rather than duplicating every system uniformly.

CyberTRIZ analysis · RealEstateConstruction contradiction DSP026 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI

Regulations

EU_NIS2 TCFD_RECOMMENDATIONS ISO_55001 ISO_27001

Business Context

Buildings may require protection against extreme weather, flooding, utility failure, equipment breakdown, cyber disruption, or other events. Increasing resilience through redundant infrastructure, stronger construction, backup systems, and protective measures can substantially increase development cost.

Real Estate & Construction TRIZ Resolution

Resilience should be based on critical functions and credible failure scenarios rather than universal duplication. Passive protection, strategic equipment location, shared backup capacity, modular recovery systems, adaptable spaces, and targeted strengthening can reduce vulnerability without requiring every system to operate independently during every possible disruption.

Applicable TRIZ Principles

Principle 11 – Beforehand Cushioning provides protection where disruption would create severe consequences.

Principle 3 – Local Quality concentrates resilience investment on critical systems and vulnerable locations.

Principle 6 – Universality enables backup resources to support multiple critical functions.

Expected Outcome

Greater asset resilience

Controlled resilience expenditure

Faster recovery from disruption

Better protection of critical functions

Decision Indicators

Early indicators include:

Resilience strategies rely primarily on complete system duplication.

Critical and noncritical functions receive identical protection.

Resilience measures threaten project feasibility.

Low-cost passive protection opportunities remain unused.

Cost pressure causes resilience provisions to be eliminated entirely.

TRIZ principles applied

P11 Beforehand cushioningP3 Local qualityP6 Universality

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 must EU_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.