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BIA As Foundation of BCM
BIA As Foundation of BCM
, BBA, MBCI,
CISA
Other - subsequent - phases such as selecting one or more business continuity strategies
or the formulation of a BC plan, exhibit a much smaller space of choices than the BIA,
which is primarily an information gathering stage, charged with understanding the
business.
Critically important information needs to be unearthed and, ideally, not one important
aspect must be omitted or forgotten. This is the reason why ISO TC 292 (formerly 223),
after developing ISO 22301 and ISO 22313, has embarked on developing a standard on
the BIA: ISO 22317.
This paper focuses on a visualization and presentation method newly applied to the BIA
process, in order to better understand a company’s processes, resources and their
interdependencies.