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Business Impact Analysis

nounid 1733·updated Aug 30, 2026
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An analysis of an enterprise’s requirements, processes, and interdependencies used to characterize information system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Internal75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
BIA
plural
Business Impact Analyses
possessive
Business Impact Analysis's
pluralpossessive
Business Impact Analyses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A Business Impact Analysis determines what levels of impact to a system are tolerable.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
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An analysis of an information system’s requirements, functions, and interdependencies used to characterize system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
An analysis of an enterprise’s requirements, processes, and interdependencies used to characterize information system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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An analysis of an enterprise’s requirements, processes, and interdependencies used to characterize information system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.
NIST SP 800-341 senseview framework →
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An analysis of an information system’s requirements, functions, and interdependencies used to characterize system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An analysis of an enterprise’s requirements, processes, and interdependencies used to characterize information system contingency requirements and priorities in the event of a significant disruption.
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