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IDC PlanScape: Business Impact Assessment to Prepare for Business and Security Disruptions

Publisher IDC
Published May 06, 2024
Length 13 Pages
SKU # IDC18780643

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IDC PlanScape: Business Impact Assessment to Prepare for Business and Security Disruptions


This IDC PlanScape discusses the business impact assessment (BIA), which provides the foundation for companies to build a resilient organization that can withstand the most likely disruptions to the most critical functions. BIA serves as a key building block for a company's business continuity plan (BCP) and disaster preparedness. It sets mutual understanding regarding the time, investment, and level of effort to protect key assets at an organization."You can't build resiliency in your team without thinking deeply and regularly about disruptions and impacts across teams," says Gerald Johnston, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP).

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Table of Contents

13 Pages
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Executive Summary
Why Is Business Impact Assessment Important?
What Is Business Impact Assessment?
Overview of Performing the BIA
Who Are the Key Stakeholders?
How Can My Organization Take Advantage of Business Impact Assessment?
How the BIA Integrates into the BCP Framework
Advice for Technology Buyers
Steps to Creating the Business Impact Assessment
1. Prepare
2. Identify and Assess Business Disruption Risks
3. Assess Disruption Risks
4. Identify Critical Business Functions and Critical Business Processes
Hypothetical Brokerage
5. Identification of Critical Assets
6. Develop Recovery Strategies and Documentation
7. Refine and Maintain the BIA
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