The real cost of a cyberattack is not the first breach. It is the second one. When organizations focus on recovery instead of remediation, they accumulate operational debt that compounds into legal, financial, and reputational damage. True resilience demands systemic redesign, not surface-level fixes.

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund is facing a massive crisis following a failed ERP launch. With ₡1.34 billion in extra costs and 57-day payment delays, we analyze what went wrong.