BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS. The process of analyzing all business functions and the effect that a specific disaster may have upon them. 1) Determining the type or scope of difficulty caused to an organization should a potential event identified by the risk analysis actually occur. The BIA should quantify, where possible, the loss impact from both a business interruption (number of days) and a financial standpoint. SIMILAR TERMS: Business Exposure Assessment, Risk Analysis
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An analysis of the costs (financial and nonfinancial) that would be incurred if a system or set of business processes failed to function properly. BIA is a required early step in the business continuity planning (BCP) process. Without this step, it is difficult to balance the cost of business continuity measures against potential losses. See BCP.
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. This is a rapid and noninvasive method used to evaluate body fat. A low-level electrical current is passed through the body, and the impedance, or opposition to the flow of the current, is measured with a BIA. Because fat tissue has less water to conduct an electrical current, the more body fat a person has, the more resistance there will be to the current. Although sources of error include technician's skill, environmental factors, subject factors, and the equation used, BIA has about a three- to four-percent margin of error.
Business Impact Analysis. Analysis which identifies the elements vital to a business, identifies the potential threats, assesses how likely those threats may occur, and the impact of those threats on the business.
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Bioelectric impedance. A non-invasive technique for measuring body composition.
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced, an acronym to describe some of the exercises requirements listed in Appendix A and to distinguish these exercises from the repetitive exercises that have shorter expiration periods. BIA exercises have a 2 year life.
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS. A test for measuring various bodily characteristics, including body fat and body cell mass.
Business Impact Analysis. The management level analysis by which an organisation assesses the quantitative (financial) and qualitative (non-financial) impacts, effects and loss that might result if the organisation were to suffer a Business Continuity E/I/E/C. The findings from a BIA are used to make decisions concerning Business Continuity Management strategy and solutions.
Business Impact Analysis. The BIA is undertaken for all key business processes and establishes the recovery priorities, should the processes be disrupted or lost.
bioelectrical impedence analysis. a method of measuring lean body mass (muscle) and estimating cell mass. BIA measures electrical resistance and capacitative reactance, and uses these values to calculate phase angle.
BS 7799 Business Continuity Planning
Business impact analysis. An exercise that determines the impact of losing the support of any resource to an organization and establishes the escalation of that loss over time, identifies the minimum resources needed to recover and prioritizes the recovery of processes and supporting systems
Bioelectrical impedance analysis. measures total body water by sending a harmless amount of an electric current through the body. Mathematical equations translate the percent body water measure into an indirect estimate of body fat and lean body mass.
BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS. A process designed to identify and measure critical business operations to determine the qualitative and quantitative impacts of a disaster or failure
Business Impact Analysis. A management level analysis that identifies the impacts of losing company resources. The BIA measures the effect of resource loss and escalating losses over time, in order to provide senior management with reliable data upon which to base decisions on risk mitigation and continuity planning. (Associated terms: Business Impact Assessment; Business Impact Analysis Assessment)
Bioelectrical impedance analysis. (im-PEE-dance) A way to estimate the amount of body weight that is fat and nonfat. Nonfat weight comes from bone, muscle, body water, organs, and other body tissues. BIA works by measuring how difficult it is for a harmless electrical current to move through the body. The more fat a person has, the harder it is for electricity to flow through the body. The less fat a person has, the easier it is for electricity to flow through the body. By measuring the flow of electricity, one can estimate body fat percent.
A study that examines the Business, Financial and Operational exposures of an organisation by process, to provide a Strategic Recovery document. From this, an affordable Recovery Strategy is identified and agreed, in preparation for the Plan documentation.
Bioelectric Impedance Analysis. A test in which a mild electric current is used to determine the amount of body fat.
Business Impact Analysis. A Business Impact Analysis determines what levels of impact to a system are tolerable.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis. a method to calculate percentage of body fat by measuring electrical resistance due to the water content of the body.
Business impact assessment. Study carried out for the Commission to estimate the costs of REACH.
