What best describes the primary focus of IT resiliency?

• A. IT resiliency emphasizes ability of IT systems to withstand and recover from disruptions.
• B. IT resiliency is solely about business continuity.
• C. IT resiliency is about marketing.
• D. IT resiliency is about hardware energy efficiency.

Answer: (C)

IT resiliency focuses on keeping IT services available during disruptions and recovering quickly afterward. It means designing systems with redundancy, automated failover, reliable backups, and clear recovery procedures so critical services stay up or resume with minimal downtime. The goal is to endure incidents and bounce back fast, covering people, processes, and technology.

Marketing and hardware energy efficiency aren’t about maintaining and restoring IT services after interruptions, and while business continuity is related, resiliency emphasizes the system’s ability to withstand disruption and recover rapidly rather than just planning for continuity.