Managing Impact Types
Impact types are assessed within the framework of a Business Impact Analysis. They represent the rows of a BIA matrix.
Example: financial Impact, environmental impact, reputational impact
Listing Impact Types
To list the impact types used within BIAs:
In the navigation bar, select Administration > Business Continuity > Impact Types.Standard Impact Types
The following impact types are available as standard. They are caused by adverse events such as accidents or disasters.
• Financial: cost or profit loss
• Operational: impact on business continuity
• Environmental: impact on the environment
• Reputational: impact on the reputation of the organization
• Regulatory: impacts of regulations on the organization
You can create your own impact types.Impact Type Possible Values
In the properties of an impact type, you can specify the Possible values of the impact type, and for each impact value, the colors to be displayed in the BIA matrix.
You may also reorder possible values.
Impact types and possible values