BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS
The business impact analysis provides the basis from which strategies and plans can be developed. It is the point in the process where recovery priorities are established, together with the minimum resources needed to maintain their availability.
The business impact analysis looks at the impact of given events on business activities over time. It should therefore look at worst case scenarios, such as where a department or service line is completely stopped – and then think about more than one happening at the same time. The motto is, ‘If in doubt, prepare for the worst’. This will identify the realistic, as well as essential, recovery time objective – the time by which critical systems and business processes must be ...
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