An IS auditor should have a thorough understanding of the objectives of the BIA. The BIA is a process to determine and evaluate the impact of disruption on business processes and so prepare to deal with such disruptive events.
The following are some of the important aspects of a BIA:
- A BIA is a process to determine critical processes that have a considerable impact on business processes. It determines processes to be recovered as a priority so as to ensure an organization's survival.
- In order to conduct a successful BIA, it is necessary to obtain an understanding of the organization and key business processes and its dependency on IT and other resources. This can be obtained from the outcome of the risk assessment.
- The involvement of senior management, the IT department, and end users is critical in terms of conducting a BIA successfully.
- The following are some of the approaches when it comes to performing a BIA:
- A questionnaire approach involves developing...