Ensuring enterprise resilience involves evaluating service criticality, analyzing asset dependencies, and assessing current capabilities while addressing risks and potential disruptions. This process identifies vulnerabilities, threats, and availability parameters to safeguard the organizationโs mission, reputation, and service levels.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป helps determine the importance of services by tiering them into ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด-๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ, and ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. Oversight from senior executives ensures proper alignment with organizational goals.
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ must be mapped to services using authoritative sources such as HRM, IT CMDB, and VMS. This analysis reveals how disruptions to sites, personnel, technology, or supplies may compromise service levels, often showing that 80% of assets support 20% of the critical functions.
๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ assessment identify operational ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด and ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ in infrastructure, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช-๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, and ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. Evaluating high-availability setups and supplier resilience is crucial to understanding existing operational strengths and weaknesses.
๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ leverage asset mapping and capability evaluations to highlight areas requiring stronger controls. Threat likelihood is assessed through historical data and situational analysis, identifying where vulnerabilities could impact operations.
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ determines the effects of disruptions on services. Mission-critical services are often highly affected, while essential functions and supporting processes experience moderate to low impacts.
Using this analysis, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ such as Maximum Tolerable Period of Downtime (๐ ๐ง๐ฃ๐), Recovery Time Objective (๐ฅ๐ง๐ข), and ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ are established to guide continuity strategies.
A thorough evaluation of dependencies, risks, and impacts enables prioritization of critical operations. By addressing vulnerabilities and defining clear recovery objectives, organizations can maintain service quality and operational stability during disruptions.
