Business Impact Analysis
The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) page in CyberGuard.ai enables organizations to evaluate the potential consequences of disruptions to critical business operations. It provides a structured process for assessing the impact severity, dependencies, and recovery priorities of assets within each perimeter or domain, helping teams plan for continuity and resilience.
Through this page, users can document essential business processes, link them to supporting assets, and assign recovery objectives to minimize downtime and data loss in the event of a security incident or operational disruption.
Usage Notes
Creating a Business Impact Analysis
Click Add BIA to initiate a new analysis.
Enter the name of the business function or process and associate it with a perimeter (such as a business unit or system).
Define the status to indicate whether the analysis is in draft, under review, or completed.
Assessing Impact and Dependencies
Identify key assets supporting the business process and specify their criticality levels.
Evaluate potential impacts across various dimensions such as financial loss, reputational damage, regulatory penalties, and operational downtime.
Establish Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) to guide disaster recovery planning.
Viewing and Managing BIA Records
Use the search function to locate analyses by name or perimeter.
The status column provides an overview of current progress and review state.
Click the view icon to explore detailed assessment data or update existing BIAs.
Integration with Other Modules
BIAs directly link to assets defined in the Assets page and are referenced during risk assessments and continuity planning.
Insights derived from BIAs feed into governance reports and analytics dashboards to support executive decision-making.
Related Pages
Assets – Identify and classify critical assets that form the basis of BIA assessments.
Risk Register – Use BIA findings to evaluate the business-level impact of identified risks.
Compliance – Map continuity and recovery objectives to compliance frameworks.
Governance Analytics – Monitor overall organizational resilience and readiness.
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