Create Business Service form

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Use the Create Business Service form in Operational Resilience Workspace to set up a business service and configure its related lists.

Create Business Service form

For a description of the field values, see the following table.

Field

Description

Details tab

Name

Name of the business service.

Approval group

Approval group that is responsible for the approval of the business service. For example, Application Development or Application Security group.

Model ID

Model ID for the business service.

Support group

Support group for the business service.

Owned by

Owner of the business service. This field is auto-filled.

Change group

Change group that is responsible for updating the business service.

Business criticality

Criticality of the business service. The available options are as follows:- 1—most critical

  • 2—somewhat critical
  • 3—less critical
  • 4—not critical

Managed by

User that manages the business service.

Version

Version of the business service.

SLA

Service level agreements (SLAs) associated with the business service.

Used for

Usage category that the business service is used for. For example, Staging. The available options are as follows:- Production

  • Staging
  • QA
  • Test
  • Development
  • Demonstration
  • Training
  • Disaster recovery

Location

Location of the business service, such as Seattle or Fairfax.

Operational status

Operational status of the business service. The available options are as follows:- Operational

  • Non-Operational
  • Repair in Progress
  • DR Standby
  • Ready
  • Retired
  • Pipeline
  • Catalog

Vendor

Vendor that is responsible for operating the business service.

Service classification

Classification of the business service. The available options are as follows:- Application Service

  • Business Service
  • Technical Service

Comments

Comments section for the business service. Typically, the Operational Resilience administrators add the comments about the business service.

Related tab

Description

General

Overview tab

Displays the following red flags data:1. Total red flags 2. Red flags by type - Issues - Failed controls - Risks - Outages - Incidents - Change requests - Operational vulnerabilities - Vulnerabilities - Third party risk assessments 3. Assets impacted by red flags

Details tab

Details of the selected business record. For more information on the fields and their description, see the "Create New Service form" table on this page.

Services and dependencies

Child services

Child services that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the child services:

  • Dependency
  • Pillar
  • Impacted objects
  • Red flags count

Business processes

Processes that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the business processes:

  • Dependency
  • Pillar
  • Impacted objects
  • Red flags count

Dependencies

Dependencies that are associated with the business service. The tab displays the following sample information about the dependencies:

  • Dependency
  • Pillar
  • Impacted objects
  • Red flags count

Ongoing events

Incidents

Incidents that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the incidents:

  • Incident
  • Short description
  • Owner
  • Opened
  • Caller
  • Priority
  • State
  • Category
  • Assignment group
  • Assigned to
  • Updated
  • Updated by
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Outages

Outages that are associated with the current business service. You can create an outage for the service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the outages:

  • Number
  • Outage
  • Type
  • Begin
  • End
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Red flags

Issues

Issues that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the issues:

  • Issue
  • Priority
  • Status
  • Planned end date
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

High risks

High risks that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the high risks:

  • Risk
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk statement
  • Risk response
  • Inherent rating
  • Computed inherent rating
  • Residual rating
  • Computed residual rating
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Failed controls

Failed controls that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the failed controls:

  • Control
  • Control objective
  • Status
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Change requests

Change requests that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the change requests:

  • Change request
  • Short description
  • Type
  • State
  • Planned start date
  • Planned end date
  • Assigned to
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Tasks

Tasks that are associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the tasks:

  • Task
  • Short description
  • State
  • Task type
  • Priority
  • Assigned to
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities associated with the business service. The tab displays the following sample information about the vulnerabilities:

  • Vulnerability
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Operational vulnerabilities

Operational vulnerabilities associated with the business service. The tab displays the following sample information about the operational vulnerabilities:

  • Number
  • Case
  • Related area
  • Related area table
  • Title
  • Related area type
  • Domain

Third party risk assessments

Third party risk assessments associated with the business service. The tab displays the following sample information about the Third party risk assessments:

  • Third party risk assessment
  • Dependency
  • Pillar

Program activities

Business continuity plans

List of the Business continuity plans that are associated with the business service. The tab displays the following sample information about the plans:

  • Plan
  • Plan asset
  • Activated plan
  • Event
  • Event asset
  • Dependency
  • Pillar
  • Status
  • RTO
  • RPO
  • BIA date
  • RTO gap

Importance and impact assessment

Importance and impact assessment that is done for the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the assessment:

  • Impact tolerance (Duration)
  • Impact tolerance assessment
  • Justification for overriding impact tolerance (Duration)
  • Justification for overriding impact tolerance (Customer impact)
  • Justification for overriding impact tolerance (Financial impact)
  • Justification for overriding impact tolerance (Transaction Volume)
  • Overridden importance
  • Impact tolerance (Customer impact)
  • Impact tolerance (Financial impact)
  • Impact tolerance (Transaction Volume)
  • Importance

Scenario analysis

Scenario analysis that is associated with the business service.

The tab displays the following sample information about the scenario analysis:

  • Breach status
  • Disruption duration
  • Impact tolerance
  • Deviation (%)
  • Importance
  • Scenario analysis
  • Service
  • Created by
  • Created
  • Domain
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