Business Continuity Management Workflows

creating a new bia when creating a business impact assessment (bia), swimlane guides the user through a two stage process initial mapping and pre screening define business entity under review – specify name, type, description, owners map resources and dependencies – link resources critical to this entity as well as interdependencies validate threat scenarios – identify applicable threat scenarios perform pre screening – score impacts across operational, economic, regulatory, and reputational categories outcome critical → full bia fields unlock; status = work in progress/under review not critical → a business impact assessment is not required for this business entity (e g process); status = not required completing the bia if the bia is critical, continue through the workflow complete impact assessments validate rto and rpo define mtpd describe mbco identify solutions validate with stakeholders and submit for approval submitting a bia for approval open the bia → approvals tab click submit for approval an approval record is generated once approved, the bia status updates to approved if denied, the bia status updates to denied and feedback is provided from the approver the bia can be re submitted for approval at any time backing up a bia open the bia → reports tab click generate pdf report a pdf is generated and attached to the record executing a bia test open the bia → tests tab click create test solution and task records are generated for continuity validation automating bia reviews in the bia → reports tab , set the review interval when the interval expires, the bia automatically moves to work in progress/under review review and resubmit the bia for approval