Business Function or Process Business Impact
Factor
Recovery Time
Objective
IT Systems/Apps
Infrastructure Impacts
Internal and external voice communication with customers in
real time Critical 8 hours VoIP Call Servers DNS LAN-to_WAN Network
Internal and external email communication with customers
via store and forward messaging Critical 4 hours Email Server LAN-to-WAN Network
Domain Name Server (DNS) for internal and external Internet
Protocol (IP) communications Critical 4 hours Dns Server LAN- I-WAN Network
Internet connectivity for email and store and forward
customer service
Critical 4 hours WAN
LAN-to-WAN Network
Self-service Web site for customer access to information and
personal account information Major 36 hours Customer Service Servers LAN-to-WAN Network
e-Commerce site for online customer purchases or
scheduling 24 x 7 x 365 Critical 12 hours Web Servers LAN-to-WAN Network
Payroll and human resources for employees Major 48 hours
LAN
Payroll Servers
HR Servers
Real-time customer service via Web site, email, or telephone
requires customer relationship management (CRM) Critical 8 hours
VoIP Call Servers
WAN
LAN-to-WAN Network
Network management and technical support Major 24 hours LAN-to-WAN Network
Marketing and events Minor 1 week Marketing & Events Server
LAN
Sales orders or customer/student registration Critical 8 hours Local Sales Servers
LAN-to-WAN Network
Remote branch office sales-order entry to headquarters Critical 8 hours
Remote Sales Servers
Local Sales Servers
WAN
LAN-to-WAN Network
Voice and email communications to remote branches Major 48 hours VoIP Call Servers
LAN-to-WAN Network
Accounting and finance support: Accounts payable, Accounts
receivable, etc Major 48 hours LAN Accounting Servers