Identifying dependencies between business activities and infrastructure components

Understanding and protecting value flows: an approach to resilience

In a context marked by the growing complexity of information systems and the strategic importance of digital technology, the resilience of organizations depends above all on protecting value flows and essential assets. To ensure business continuity, it is essential to know precisely which business processes generate value, which technological assets support them, and how these elements interact on a daily basis. Without this clear mapping, the implementation of protection, recovery, or optimization measures remains largely incomplete.

The difficulty of establishing links between the profession and the technique

One of the main challenges faced by companies is establishing links between the value streams identified on the business side and the technical components that support them. Critical applications often rely on multiple servers, databases, or third-party services, and these building blocks are themselves interdependent. Complexity increases further with the proliferation of hybrid or cloud environments.

So, even if we know that a business process must be protected as a priority, it is not always easy to trace the entire technical chain that ensures its operation. Without a clear view of these interdependencies, it becomes very difficult to prioritize investments and efforts, build an effective recovery plan, or respond quickly in the event of an incident. Persistent gray areas can also increase the risk of misjudging the real impact on business in the event of an inciden

A tool-based approach to linking business and technology

To meet this challenge, Cogency and CloudEdge offer a tool-based approach that automatically maps dependencies between applications, servers, databases, and network flows, and links them to your business flows. In practical terms, this means that for each value stream identified on the business side, it becomes possible to directly associate the technical assets that ensure its continuity.

This comprehensive approach offers several major benefits:

• Clarity and transparency: technical interdependencies are highlighted in a factual manner, without relying solely on the memory of teams.

• Effective prioritization: protection and recovery actions focus on truly critical components.

• Responsiveness in the event of an incident: teams immediately have an overview of the technical chains affected by a failure or cyberattack.

• Better communication between business units and IT: business managers more easily understand the technical issues related to their processes, and vice versa. approche globale apporte plusieurs bénéfices majeurs :

Resilience is not limited to protecting isolated systems; above all, it consists of preserving what gives the organization its value and enables it to maintain its vital activities. By identifying essential business flows and linking these flows to their technical dependencies using our tool-based approach, it becomes possible to build truly effective, targeted resilience that is rooted in both business and technology.