DT006

Adopt a central API gateway to meet NIS2 network security and dependency-management obligations while scaling integration breadth without proportional complexity growth.

CyberTRIZ analysis · Process contradiction DT006 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI

Regulations

EU_NIS2 ISO_27001 IEC_62443 COSO_ERM

Higher Integration Breadth vs. Lower Integration Complexity

Business Context. Integrating a digital platform with a broad range of enterprise systems maximizes its value by connecting data and workflows across the organization, but each additional integration point adds complexity that increases maintenance burden and failure risk.

Process TRIZ Resolution. Rather than building bespoke point-to-point integrations for every system, organizations should adopt a central integration layer or API gateway that standardizes how systems connect, so breadth can grow without a proportional increase in complexity.

Applicable TRIZ Principles

Principle 24 (Intermediary) uses a central integration layer to mediate connections between systems.

Principle 33 (Homogeneity) standardizes integration patterns across all connected systems.

Principle 5 (Merging) consolidates previously separate point-to-point integrations into a unified integration architecture.

Expected Outcome

Broad integration coverage

Manageable integration complexity

Reduced maintenance burden

Faster addition of new integrations

Decision Indicators

The organization maintains dozens of bespoke point-to-point integrations.

Adding a new system integration takes months due to accumulated complexity.

Integration failures are difficult to isolate due to tangled dependencies.

No central integration layer exists to standardize connections.

Integration maintenance consumes a disproportionate share of IT capacity.

If several of these indicators are present, the contradiction is likely active and the Process TRIZ resolution above should be evaluated.

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.