Business Impact Analysis is just a part of entire Business Continuity, Business Resumption, and Disaster Recovery Plan which have to be launched correctly by an organization to execute the overall Business Continuity Plan. The most important purpose of BIA is to build up a policy which will help organization to reduce considerable amount of risk associated to vital data information which if by any artificial or natural disaster will get completely destroy making a heavy loss to organization by not able to resume the business function on time and as well not able to recuperate those most important vital data information in fully suitable manner .



The main purpose of business impact analysis is to help organization to reduce mitigating risk of any unreliable disaster by implementing an effective strategy. The BIA will make possible organization to find out more important data information along with the most crucial business division, operations and process that are exposed to disaster and will provide an estimated timeframe in which the most crucial business operations should be re-established to full functionality following a disaster event . The BIA will also make available information such as if any disaster happens then the overall expenses associated to retrieval of data loss, period of time that will need to recover the loss data, time of manpower that will involve along with their salary , replacement of lost equipment, loss of profit, short and long term effect of disaster event, etc

After the event of September 11 and Katrina ended several regulatory authorities as well as organization coming under those regulatory authority to seriously consider about to put into practice proper business resumption plan which will help their organization to run their normal function even after any small or big disaster happens .

It is having said that BIA is survival of Business Resumption or Business Continuity Plan. Executing BIA along with disaster recovery plan will help organization to right away recuperate their loss vital data information and recommence the normal business function in easier way.