{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/critical-infrastructure-dependency-blast-radius-mapper", "slug": "critical-infrastructure-dependency-blast-radius-mapper", "title": "Critical Infrastructure Dependency and Blast-Radius Mapper", "categories": [ "Infrastructure", "Data & Analytics", "GovTech", "Safety & Security", "Energy & Utilities" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Greater Manchester", "North West England" ], "category_urls": [ "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/category/infrastructure", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/category/data-and-analytics", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/category/govtech", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/category/safety-and-security", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/category/energy-and-utilities" ], "region_urls": [ "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/region/united-kingdom", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/region/greater-manchester", "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/region/north-west-england" ], "problem_statement": "Modern infrastructure is increasingly centralised and interconnected, so the operational impact of losing one building, power feed, telecoms provider or control system can be far larger than the failed asset suggests. Organisations often hold asset registers but lack a living model showing which essential services depend on each asset, which dependencies are shared, whether supposed redundancy is genuinely independent, and how disruption propagates across organisational boundaries.", "audience": "Critical national infrastructure operators; government resilience teams; regulators; local resilience forums; infrastructure owners; utilities; transport authorities; insurers; engineering consultancies.", "evidence_summary": "Network Rail's 2014 Manchester ROC announcement says 12 ROCs were intended eventually to manage the entire British network, replacing more than 800 operational locations. Government is actively working to map dependencies between energy and other CNI sectors after North Hyde. The Manchester incident shows how loss of supply at one control hub can affect services across a wide region.", "demand_signal": "Government-sponsored CNI dependency mapping; increasing infrastructure centralisation; cyber and energy-resilience requirements; climate and extreme-weather risk; high-profile examples of cascading failures.", "competition_signal": "GIS, digital-twin, enterprise architecture and risk-management vendors address parts of the problem. The gap is a product focused specifically on service dependency, common-mode failure and consequence modelling across organisational and sector boundaries.", "suggested_solution": "A secure infrastructure intelligence platform that maps Asset -> Dependency -> Service -> Population/Economic Impact and lets operators simulate failures before they happen. Users can ask which single asset, supplier or utility connection creates the largest operational blast radius.", "monetisation_angle": "Pricing classification:\nProxy based — medium confidence.\n\nIndicative pricing:\n£40k-£100k discovery/mapping engagement; £75k-£250k annual licence per major organisation; £500k+ multi-agency or national deployments. Example: five regional operators at £150k/year = £750k ARR.\n\nEvidence basis:\nBusiness Continuity, Resilience and Risk Management (£16,000–£38,000 per licence per year) is the closest verified adjacent anchor used here. Its buyer, duration and scope are not assumed to be identical; implementation is separated where the opportunity requires integration, assurance or managed delivery.\n\nCommercial test:\nAsk the accountable infrastructure, security or operational-resilience owner to fund a paid test of Critical Infrastructure Dependency and Blast-Radius Mapper lasting 8–12 weeks, using an opening price of £40k-£100k and covering one operating environment, two credible failure scenarios and the associated control evidence. Paid scope: A secure infrastructure intelligence platform that maps Asset -> Dependency -> Service -> Population/Economic Impact and lets operators simulate failures before they happen. Charge by operating site, control centre or regulated organisation and compare the fee with external assurance days, staff exercise time and the current cost of evidence assembly and recovery testing. Measure critical control gaps found, evidence lead time, recovery-time performance, exercise participation and unresolved high-severity actions. Continue only if the exercise or audit closes at least one material gap, produces an accepted evidence pack and demonstrates a credible 20% reduction in preparation or recovery effort. Stop or reprice if no material gap is found, recovery performance is not improved or the accountable buyer declines repeat assessment.", "underserved_score": 91, "score_rationale": "Exceptionally strong strategic timing: a visible cascading incident plus explicit government action to map cross-sector CNI dependencies. The product addresses a broad, expensive problem with national applicability. Main constraints are data sensitivity, integration effort and public-sector procurement.", "score_scale": { "min": 0, "max": 100 }, "sources": [ { "name": "Network Rail - Manchester ROC and consolidation into 12 rail operating centres", "url": "https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/rail-operating-centre-officially-opened-in-manchester", "publisher": "networkrailmediacentre.co.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "UK Government - Mapping cross-sector energy and CNI dependencies", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nesos-north-hyde-report-government-response/nesos-north-hyde-report-government-response-accessible-webpage", "publisher": "gov.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "Department for Transport - Infrastructure digital twins for resilience", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-digital-twins-data-requirements", "publisher": "gov.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "Network Rail - Manchester ROC outage and regional network impact", "url": "https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/rail-services-largely-restored-across-north-west-following-manchester-power-outage", "publisher": "networkrailmediacentre.co.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "Sky News - Electrical failure affecting railway network across England", "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/railway-disruption-latest-electrical-failure-hits-network-across-much-of-england-13569726", "publisher": "news.sky.com", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "Financial Times - Centralised Manchester control-centre outage impact", "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/030898ed-4fa2-4669-9970-c587c669ee4f", "publisher": "ft.com", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "ORR - Signalling power resilience as a systemic network risk", "url": "https://www.orr.gov.uk/annual-assessment-network-rail-2025-2026/asset-management", "publisher": "orr.gov.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "Network Rail - Modern rail operating centres control large signalling areas", "url": "https://www.networkrail.co.uk/rail-travel/delays-explained/signals-and-points-failure/", "publisher": "networkrail.co.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "The Guardian - Widespread network impact from one signalling-centre outage", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/06/trains-stop-north-west-england-power-failure-signalling-centre", "publisher": "theguardian.com", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null }, { "name": "BBC News - Live incident coverage and passenger impacts", "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy0d0wgy4xt", "publisher": "bbc.co.uk", "source_type": null, "date": null, "note": null } ], "related_opportunities": [ { "title": "Regional Social Economy Intelligence Platform", "slug": "regional-social-economy-intelligence-platform", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/regional-social-economy-intelligence-platform", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/regional-social-economy-intelligence-platform.json", "underserved_score": 92, "categories": [ "GovTech", "Data & Analytics", "Economic Development" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom" ] }, { "title": "Critical Infrastructure Backup Power Assurance Platform", "slug": "critical-infrastructure-backup-power-assurance-platform", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/critical-infrastructure-backup-power-assurance-platform", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/critical-infrastructure-backup-power-assurance-platform.json", "underserved_score": 92, "categories": [ "Infrastructure", "Energy & Utilities", "B2B SaaS", "Safety & Security", "Rail" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Greater Manchester", "North West England" ] }, { "title": "Texas Data-Centre Audit Submission and Evidence Workspace", "slug": "texas-data-centre-audit-submission-and-evidence-workspace", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/texas-data-centre-audit-submission-and-evidence-workspace", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/texas-data-centre-audit-submission-and-evidence-workspace.json", "underserved_score": 91, "categories": [ "Compliance", "Energy & Utilities", "B2B SaaS", "Data & Analytics" ], "regions": [ "Texas", "United States" ] }, { "title": "Drainage-Ready Planning and Development Copilot", "slug": "drainage-ready-planning-development-copilot", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/drainage-ready-planning-development-copilot", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/drainage-ready-planning-development-copilot.json", "underserved_score": 91, "categories": [ "ClimateTech", "PropTech", "GovTech", "Data & Analytics", "Property & Built Environment" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom" ] }, { "title": "Independent Cyber Assurance for Ofgem-Licensed Energy Operators", "slug": "independent-cyber-assurance-for-ofgem-licensed-energy-operators", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/independent-cyber-assurance-for-ofgem-licensed-energy-operators", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/independent-cyber-assurance-for-ofgem-licensed-energy-operators.json", "underserved_score": 91, "categories": [ "Professional Services", "Compliance", "Safety & Security" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom" ] }, { "title": "VCSE Contract Readiness Platform", "slug": "vcse-contract-readiness-platform", "url": "https://undersrvd.com/opportunities/vcse-contract-readiness-platform", "api_url": "https://undersrvd.com/api/public/opportunities/vcse-contract-readiness-platform.json", "underserved_score": 91, "categories": [ "GovTech", "Procurement", "B2B SaaS" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom" ] } ], "license": "https://undersrvd.com/data-license" }