SunGard’s BIA Professional conducts business impact analysis surveys which determine organisational vulnerabilities and prioritise business continuity planning efforts. It organises complex data and presents it in a usable format and comes packed with pre-written, expert questions to help start the planning process.

1. AVAILABILITY SERVICES An intuitive business
impact analysis
BIA PROFESSIONAL® survey tool
BIA Professional® simplifies the BIA Professional® delivers a well-focused,
detailed picture of financial and operational
BCP process by allowing users vulnerabilities, impacts and recovery
to create surveys that are easy strategies. It is available in both standard
and Web-enabled versions. BIA Professional®
to distribute, easy to understand Web Server allows creation of online surveys –
and make reporting a breeze. participants receive a link via e-mail and can
answer from anywhere they have internet
Additionally, the end results access. The latest version of BIA Professional®
streamlines the business impact analysis
can be integrated into LDRPS® process with increased security, print and
so that separate business units approval capabilities.
can use them to create their Ask the right questions
detailed plans. Designing a survey is a big task.
BIA Professional® gives you more than
SunGard’s BIA Professional® conducts
40 questions and question templates to
business impact analysis surveys which
get started. Use the questions as is or
determine organisational vulnerabilities
customise them. Either way, BIA Professional®
and prioritise business continuity planning
jumpstarts the process and can help fill in any
efforts. It organises complex data and presents
gaps in a plan. The templates provide layouts
it in a usable format and comes packed with
that are adaptable to meet specific needs.
pre-written, expert questions to help start the
planning process. As questions are added to the survey, a
branching function shows a slide view of
To prevail when an incident occurs, an
the survey’s flow. This view enables the
organisation must consider every scenario.
administrator to easily create customised
A business impact analysis provides a clear
surveys with the most relevant questions for
view of an organisation’s weaknesses and
participants. A Design Survey summary lists
vulnerabilities. The quality of the questions,
all questions and their properties, such as
participants and data dictates the soundness
associated reports. As participants complete
of a business impact analysis, thus the
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2. BIA PROFESSIONAL®
An intuitive business impact
analysis survey tool
Ask the right questions continued Distribute the appropriate
information
The administrator can ‘lock’ the survey to
ensure that neither individual answers nor the Once a survey is complete and all recipients
survey as a whole, are added to or changed. have responded, the data analysis,
Question and survey design can then be presentation and plan creation begin.
reviewed or changed. And event-driven data During this phase, the powerful analysis
synchronisation ensures that any changes tools in BIA Professional® give you intuitive
made are visible to the administrator and reporting capability.
participants immediately.
You can review raw data using the Review
Include the correct people Answers summary, where each participant’s
name is hyperlinked to a copy of his or her
While a survey administrator usually has specific survey and answers. The Analyse
most control, BCP teams include at least Results summary page lists all associated
one representative from each operating reports by question and a rating system. Drill
unit or department. Actively including down into any report using the enhanced
team members in the BIA phase fosters filter function. BIA Professional® filters data
interest in the project and can cut down on by location, department or criteria from
administrative tasks. BIA Professional® 4.0 current and previous surveys.
Web lets users in approver roles change
answers and monitor responses. Approvers For quick and efficient reporting, BIA
can also review surveys, communicate Professional® creates a standard report
changes, approve the survey or send it back for each survey question. Alternatively,
for changes. the Report Wizard can be used to build
customised reports. Preview each report
Security enhancements on the BIA before creating or printing. Display data in
Professional® and Web surveys include charts and graphs and include a table of
encrypted URLs that ensure only invited contents for clear communication of results.
participants have access to a survey. Once Each report can be saved in PDF for easy
participants respond, the SSL security distribution via print, e-mail or over the web.
protocol protects the transmissions of all This reporting versatility assists BC teams
information provided. to disseminate information to management
and other interested parties.
BIA Professional® automatically
accommodates proxy servers or SSL
Plan what comes next
for setup, administration, routing and
certificates. BIA Professional® Web Server Once familiar with every perspective of the
enables administrators to survey participants picture BIA Professional® provides, you can
via the internet. Participants click on a link prioritise potential crises. The next step is a
delivered via e-mail, log in and answer BC strategy to reduce or respond to those
the survey. The ease of using Web Server potential outcomes. BIA Professional®
increases response rates and decreases integrates with SunGard’s LDRPS®.
time spent tracking down participants. BIA data is easily incorporated, making
No downloading or installation of for easy transition from data collection
executables is needed. to plan building.
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