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Business Impact Analysis · Business Continuity

What must be recovered, and how fast?

For Chief risk officer, business continuity manager, IT DR lead

Talk to us about thisHow it works
You receiveBIA Methodology and Impact Criteria · Tailored and populated BIA workbook (up to 30 critical processes) · Process Criticality and RTO/RPO Matrix
Timing and scopeConfirmed with you after a first conversation, once we understand your organization.
What happens nextA written recommendation. If you proceed, a scoped proposal for the next stage.

Every recovery decision, from which plans to write to how much to spend on DR, depends on knowing which processes matter most and how quickly they must come back. We work with each business unit to quantify impact over time, set recovery objectives (maximum tolerable downtime, RTO and RPO) that your executives approve, and document the applications, vendors, people and facilities each critical process relies on. It becomes the shared language between the business and IT.

How we work

What we do

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Preparation

We set up the analysis so results are consistent across business units.

  • Agree impact categories, scales and time intervals
  • Tailor the BIA questionnaire
  • Brief business unit coordinators

You receive: BIA Methodology and Impact Criteria, and a tailored BIA workbook.

Data Collection

We gather impact and dependency data from the business and IT.

  • Guided questionnaire
  • One interview per business unit
  • Two technical and application workshops with IT
Analysis

We turn the data into recovery priorities and objectives.

  • Criticality tiering
  • Maximum tolerable downtime, RTO and RPO for each process
  • Dependency register
  • High-level gaps between recovery need and current capability

You receive: Populated BIA workbook covering up to 30 critical processes, Process Criticality and RTO/RPO Matrix, and Dependency Register.

Validation and Reporting

Results are confirmed with the business and approved by executives.

  • Validation with each business unit
  • Executive approval of recovery objectives

You receive: BIA Report and executive presentation.

Want to know what this would look like for you?About 30 minutes with a practitioner from the practice that does the work. You’ll leave with a clear view of your next step.

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Outcomes

What you can expect

Assessment

  • Executive-approved recovery objectives for every critical process
  • A clear, prioritized recovery order that IT and the business agree on
  • Early visibility of gaps between business needs and current IT recovery capability

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DeliverablesDeliverables (6)
  • BIA Methodology and Impact Criteria
  • Tailored and populated BIA workbook (up to 30 critical processes)
  • Process Criticality and RTO/RPO Matrix
  • Dependency Register
  • BIA Report
  • Executive presentation

Good to know

Questions leaders ask

What is the difference between a BIA and a risk assessment?

A BIA looks at the impact on business processes if they stop. A risk assessment identifies the threats and vulnerabilities that could cause a disruption, and whether controls are enough. Most programs need both.

What is the difference between a risk assessment and a Technical Impact Analysis?

A risk assessment identifies threats. A Technical Impact Analysis measures what IT can actually recover, and how fast, against what the business needs.

Will this make us compliant or certified?

Our methods align with standards such as ISO 22301, ISO/IEC 27031, ISO 22361 and NIST CSF 2.0, and the work produces the documentation and evidence auditors look for. Whether you are compliant is a matter for your compliance team and auditors, and certification is performed by accredited certification bodies.

Why it matters nowThe numbers behind this
57%of organizations said their most recent major outage cost more than $100,000, and 1 in 5 reported costs over $1 million (Source: Uptime Institute, Annual Outage Analysis 2026)
About two-thirdsof publicly reported outages tracked over nine years came from third-party IT and data center providers, including cloud, telecom and colocation (Source: Uptime Institute, Annual Outage Analysis 2026)

Related offerings

Often paired with

Business Continuity Risk Assessment Discover

“What could stop our business, and are we doing enough about it?”A structured, all-hazards assessment that answers a simple question: what could disrupt our operations, how likely is it, and are our controls enough? Learn more

Business Continuity Plan Development Design

“Do our business units have plans they will actually use?”A plan is only useful if the people named in it can pick it up during a disruption and act. Learn more

IT DR Dependency Mapping Discover

“What really has to come back, and in what order?”Applications rarely fail, or recover, on their own. Learn more

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  1. A reply from the practice that does the workThe practitioners who would deliver it.
  2. A short conversationWhat needs to happen, and by when.
  3. A written proposalWhat you would receive, how long it takes and the fee, before you commit.

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