Redundant Infrastructure vs Resource Utilization
Adopt active-active architectures to fulfil NIS2 continuity requirements while eliminating idle-resource waste through shared production workloads.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Banking contradiction OR017 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Business Context
Redundant systems improve resilience but leave significant computing resources idle during normal operations.
Banking TRIZ Resolution
Use active-active architectures where redundant infrastructure actively shares production workloads while remaining capable of supporting failover.
Recommended Principles
Principle 13 - Inversion
Principle 26 - Copying
Principle 40 - Composite Materials
Expected Outcome
Better infrastructure utilization
Higher resilience
Lower operational costs
TRIZ principles applied
P13 InversionP26 CopyingP40 Composite Materials
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.