Assignment Instructions
-Please complete the Lab #7 Exercises from your Student Lab Manual.
-Because we can complete these labs on any machine; You may skip steps 1-4 of the Lab Exercises as they deal with setup actions for your environment if you were using the publisher’ lab environment.
-For Step 5, you may choose your own Industry Vertical to work from. These Choices are also listed in the Student Lab Manual:
a. Healthcare provider under HIPPA compliance law
b. Regional bank under GLBA compliance law
c. Nationwide retailer under PCI DSS standard requirements
d. Higher-education institution under FERPA compliance law

-Then continue with Steps 6-11 in the Lab and complete the Deliverables as assigned below.
Deliverables
-Upon completion of Lab #7 – Perform a Business Impact Analysis for a Mock IT Infrastructure, students
are required to provide the following deliverables as part of this lab:

Do Complete
1. Lab #7 – Assessment Worksheet, Part A – BIA of business functions and operations
2. Lab #7 – Assessment Worksheet, Part B – Business Impact Analysis Executive Summary

Do NOT Complete:
3. Lab #7 – Assessment Questions and Answers

SUBMIT ONLY YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BIA FOR GRADING
Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics
The following are the evaluation criteria and rubrics for Lab #7 that the students must perform:
1. Was the student able to define the goal and objective of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? –[20%]
2. Was the student able to identify where a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) fits within a Business
Continuity Plan (BCP)? – [20%]
3. Was the student able to identify mission critical applications and access to data requirements for a
given scenario? – [20%]
4. Was the student able to perform a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) utilizing a qualitative
assessment approach? – [20%]
5. Was the student able to create a Business Impact Analysis executive summary report for
management? – [20%]

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