Journal Article
A performance-based tabular approach for joint systematic improvement of risk control and resilience applied to telecommunication grid, gas network, and ultrasound localization system
Ivo Häring; Mirjam Fehling-Kaschek; Natalie Miller; Katja Faist; Sebastian Ganter; Kushal Srivastava; Aishvarya Kumar Jain; Georg Fischer; Kai Fischer; Jörg Finger; Alexander Stolz; Tobias Leismann; Stefan Hiermaier; Marco Carli; Federica Battisti; Rodoula Makri; Giuseppe Celozzi; Maria Belesioti; Evangelos Sfakianakis; Evita Agrafioti; Anastasia Chalkidou; George Papadakis; Clemente Fuggini; Fabio Bolletta; Alberto Neri; Guiseppe Giunta; Hermann Scheithauer; Fabian Höflinger; Dominik J. Schott; Christian Schindelhauer; Sven Köhler; Igor Linkov
Environment Systems and Decisions · Vol. 41, Issue 2 · pp. 286-329 · 2021
Abstract
Organizational and technical approaches have proven successful in increasing the performance and preventing risks at socio-technical systems at all scales. Nevertheless, damaging events are often unavoidable due to a wide and dynamic threat landscape and enabled by the increasing complexity of modern systems. For overall performance and risk control at the system level, resilience can be a versatile option, in particular for reducing resources needed for system development, maintenance, reuse, or disposal. This paper presents a framework for a resilience assessment and management process that builds on existing risk management practice before, during, and after potential and real events. It leverages tabular and matrix correlation methods similar as standardized in the field of risk analysis to fulfill the step-wise resilience assessment and management for critical functions of complex systems. We present data needs for the method implementation and output generation, in particular regarding the assessment of threats and the effects of counter measures. Also included is a discussion of how the results contribute to the advancement of functional risk control and resilience enhancement at system level as well as related practical implications for its efficient implementation. The approach is applied in the domains telecommunication, gas networks, and indoor localization systems. Results and implications are further discussed.