Basically a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) estimates and determines the effects of a business activity and process disturbances. These disruptions can be natural or electronic disasters. It also collects information which is used to establish recovery plan. It identifies the business vulnerabilities and works on the strategies in order to reduce such potential hazards. The BIA involves both manual and automated processes. BIA involves automated processes which include the automated software tools that enables the protection of the confidential information of the users and also generates automated reports about the critical business processes.
