The Second Undeniable Truth: Business Impact Analysis

No BIA? No clarity. Learn why Business Impact Analysis is the foundation of any disaster recovery plan that actually works.

You’ve protected your network. But what protects you when disaster hits?

As the IT Director, everyone’s counting on you to keep things running—no matter what. And when it comes to disaster recovery and data protection, the stakes are more than technical. In healthcare and financial services, a missed step doesn’t just mean downtime—it means compliance exposure, operational chaos, and your name on the line.

At DataBank, we don’t try to rip and replace what you’ve built. We work with you to reinforce it—with proven, compliant, cloud-based disaster recovery solutions that keep your data safe, your systems recoverable, and your reputation intact.

No guesswork. No blame games. Just a smart, battle-tested DR plan with a human you can call when things go sideways.

Let’s build the safety net your systems—and your role—deserve.

In Lesson 2, we explored why executive sponsorship is essential for recovery planning to succeed. But that was just the first truth.

The second undeniable truth?
You can’t protect what you haven’t prioritized.
And that’s where a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) comes in.

In this episode, we break down why BIA is the bedrock of disaster recovery planning and how skipping it leads to guesswork, gaps, and costly assumptions.

In this lesson, you’ll learn:

• What a BIA is — and why it’s more than a spreadsheet
• How to identify which systems actually drive business value
• Why input from Sales, Ops, Finance, and Support is critical
• How to map system downtime to financial, customer, and compliance risk
• How BIA connects directly to setting realistic RTO and RPO goals

With a BIA in place, your recovery plan moves from assumptions… to actionable.