Sample BIA Report Format
This is a sample template for developing a typical BIA report.
Overview
- Background
- Objectives
- Approach
Scope
- Consider business functions and IT applications and system
- List the interviewees by business function or IT system
Findings
- Identify list of critical business functions and priority of recovery
- Identity impact of loss by business functions (hard/soft)
- Identity support services by business function and IT system
- Identify inter-dependencies between various business functions/systems
Conclusion
- Approve crucial business functions and minimum resources needed to recover these functions
Next-Steps
- Confirm the Executive Management’s commitment in terms of actions
- Seek permission to proceed with next phase of the BCM planning process
- Identify and document recovery strategies
- Identify recovery workload
- Select an alternate site
- Review and revise vital records' backup and recovery policy and procedures
Appendix
- List of CBFs and IT applications and systems
- General description
- Recovery Time Objectives
- Personnel interviewed
- Reasons for selecting the CBFs:
- Operating
- Financial
- Legal and regulatory
- Effects of an outage
- Recovery priority
- Maximum acceptable outage duration
- Status of vital records backup
- Status of recovery plans (if any)
Reference
Goh, M. H. (2021). Conducting Your Impact Analysis for Business Continuity Planning. Business Continuity Management Planning Series (3rd ed.). Singapore: GMH Pte Ltd.
Extracted from "Chapter 16: Template 4: Sample BIA Report Format"
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