Business impact analysis

Effective risk assessment and continuity management is founded on a clear analysis of potential risks and impacts.

For each individual organisation, DisasterComUK’s business impact analysis identifies:

• the critical business activities which must be maintained or recovered as a priority
  
  
• the potential impact of critical business activity disruption
  
  
• the people, process, suppliers & systems vital to maintaining and recovering operations
  
  
• time-critical recovery periods.

Business impact analysis determines what recovery facilities are already in place and ensures that an organisation can allocate business continuity management resources appropriately and effectively.
Without accurate business impact analysis, resources may be wasted on unnecessary services that would not fully support the organisation’s recovery.