Patent ID: 8281186

Claim:
A system for electronically evaluating criticality of a weakness in a business process, the system comprising: an input module configured to receive business process system data and business process scoring data, wherein the business process scoring data comprises a resiliency score quantifying a level of mitigation available for a failure mode; a processor configured to assess the criticality of a weakness in the business process, the criticality dependent on the business process system data and the business process scoring data; and an output module configured to output a score quantifying the criticality of the weakness, wherein the criticality of the weakness in the business process is a modified Risk Profile Number (mRPN) defined by the equation m RPN=OR*OBI*[10−(0.9) D]*[ 10−(0.9) R], wherein: OR comprises an occurrence rate for a failure; OBI comprises an overall business impact; D comprises a probability of detecting a failure; and R comprises the resiliency score quantifying the level of mitigation available for the failure mode.