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What is Business Criticality strategy?

Every great achievement starts with a well-thought-out plan. It can be the launch of a new product, expanding into new markets, or just trying to increase efficiency. You'll need a delicate combination of strategies and tactics to ensure that the journey is smooth and effective.

Finding the right Business Criticality strategy can be daunting, especially when you're busy working on your day-to-day tasks. This is why we've curated a list of examples for your inspiration.

You can copy these examples into your preferred app, or alternatively, use Tability to stay accountable.

How to write your own Business Criticality strategy with AI

While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own strategies.

Business Criticality strategy examples

We've added many examples of Business Criticality tactics, including a series of action items. We hope that this will make these examples as practical and useful as possible.

Strategies and tactics for achieving Level 3 Cybersecurity Maturity

  • ⛳️ Strategy 1: Assess Business Criticality

    • Conduct a survey of all existing applications and infrastructure
    • Engage business units to evaluate the criticality of each application and infrastructure component
    • Develop a scoring system to rank the business criticality of applications
    • Integrate criticality scores into the existing risk management framework
    • Align assessments with the attached security controls document
    • Review historical incident data to identify critical applications
    • Create a database of application criticality levels
    • Provide training sessions for stakeholders on the importance of assessing criticality
    • Define input and output parameters for the criticality assessment process
    • Compile a report outlining the criticality assessment process and findings

  • ⛳️ Strategy 2: Map Applications to Business Capabilities

    • Identify and document existing business capabilities
    • Map each application to relevant business capabilities
    • Use a visual mapping tool to display relationships between applications and capabilities
    • Verify accuracy of mappings with respective business units
    • Systematically update the mapping as new applications are introduced
    • Ensure alignment with the attached security controls document
    • Identify dependencies between applications in the business capability context
    • Document mapping methodology and procedures
    • Update application repositories to reflect mapping data
    • Create a summary report on the mapping effort and findings

  • ⛳️ Strategy 3: Update Documentation on Dependencies

    • Conduct a thorough review of existing dependency documentation
    • Engage IT teams to identify and document dependencies for each application and infrastructure component
    • Incorporate dependency data into configuration management databases
    • Ensure all documentation is aligned with the attached security controls document
    • Establish procedures for regular updates to dependency documentation
    • Develop templates for recording dependencies
    • Create a checklist for dependency audits
    • Implement version control for dependency documents
    • Train relevant staff on documenting and managing dependencies
    • Prepare an audit report for dependency documentation reviews
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How to track your Business Criticality strategies and tactics

Having a plan is one thing, sticking to it is another.

Setting good strategies is only the first challenge. The hard part is to avoid distractions and make sure that you commit to the plan. A simple weekly ritual will greatly increase the chances of success.

A tool like Tability can also help you by combining AI and goal-setting to keep you on track.

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