Glossary
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
A BIA figures out what happens if things break - which systems are most important and how long you can live without them before causing serious problems.
What is Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?
A systematic process for determining the potential effects of a disruption to critical business operations and identifying recovery priorities.
Why Should You Care?
BIAs inform disaster recovery and business continuity planning by identifying critical processes and acceptable downtime.
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Real-World Example
A BIA reveals that the payment processing system cannot be down for more than 4 hours before causing significant revenue loss.
How to Protect Against Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- 1.
Conduct BIA for all critical systems
- 2.
Define RTOs and RPOs based on BIA results
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