Business Impact Analysis

Business Impact Analysis is the foundation of 
Business Continuity Planning.

The purpose of the Business Impact Analysis is to establish the critical assets and business processes, and the maximum allowable period of disruption for these in the case of an incident.  The Business Continuity Strategy then defines the recovery objectives for the organisation based on the Business Impact Analysis and the resources that the organisation wished to commit to Business Continuity Planning.

Our experienced Business Continuity Consultants will work with you to develop a model for your business identifying the critical areas and business processes and understanding the potential impact on your business of various types of incident.  The Business Impact Analysis documents two key facets of each critical business process:

• Recovery Time Objective – within what time period should the asset or business process be recovered?
• Recovery Point Objective – what is the level of service that needs to be recovered?