Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Ensure business continuity in any event.
As businesses grow, the risk of data loss and vulnerabilities increases. Measure and manage your IT business continuity plan to eliminate these risks.
With a Business Impact Analysis (BIA), your organisation will access and analyse the potential impact of various disruptive events on your business operations. By conducting an extensive Business Impact Analysis, you will be able to prioritise your focus, resources, and time into developing risk mitigation strategies strong enough to ensure continuity when encountered with challenges.
The importance of a Business Impact Analysis
A Business Impact Analysis is the cornerstone of any resilient business strategy. At its core, a BIA helps in identifying critical business functions and their dependencies. By assessing the financial, operational, and reputational impact of a disruption, your organisation will gain invaluable insights into the effects incidents could cause across departments and the entire business ecosystem.
With these insights, you will be able to plan for potential cyber events effectively.
What are the benefits of a Business Impact Analysis?
Our certified ISO22301 specialists will help your organisation identify business continuity requirements and analyse the effects of a disruption on the organisation to improve:
Risk awareness
gain a comprehensive understanding of the risks and vulnerabilities that could impact your organisation’s operations, enabling proactive risk management
Resource allocation
prioritise investments and resources based on the potential impact of different disruptions, optimising your risk mitigation efforts
Business continuity
develop robust business continuity plans and strategies to minimise downtime, maintain essential functions, and ensure continuity during crises
Regulatory compliance
align your business operations with relevant regulatory requirements and demonstrate your commitment to compliance
Improved decision making
make informed decisions regarding risk management, technology investments, and operational improvements based on data-driven insights
How we do it
We follow best practice methodology aligned with the ISO 22317-2021 to deliver end-to-end support on your business continuity journey.
Business Impact Analysis steps
- A thorough assessment of your critical functions
- Impact identification
- Risk prioritisation
- Business continuity planning
- Scenario testing
- Dependencies mapping
- Mitigation strategies
Business Impact Analysis FAQs
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a process that identifies and evaluates the potential effects of disruptions on your critical business operations. BIA helps you understand the risks to your business continuity and the resources you need to recover from different types of incidents, such as natural disasters, cyber attacks, or human errors.
A BIA helps you identify and prioritise the most important aspects of your infrastructure that need to be protected and restored in the event of a disruption. It also helps determine the resources, strategies, and plans you need to ensure the continuity and resilience of our online learning services. A BIA can also help you comply with relevant standards, regulations, and contractual obligations.
A BIA should be updated regularly to reflect any changes in our platform environment, such as new features, courses, technologies, or risks. A good practice is to review our BIA annually or whenever there is a significant change in our platform that could affect your continuity. Our specialists stay in touch to ensure regular monitoring, check-ups, and reviews to validate the accuracy and relevance of your BIA.
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