IT resilience planning prepares IT infrastructure for recovery and reparation in case of disruptions like cyberattacks, natural disasters, power outages and human errors. It is necessary to conduct BIA (Business Impact Analysis) to identify critical functions and apply recovery strategies like failover, failback, redundancy, disaster recovery and virtualized recovery plans. Solidifying roles and responsibilities, including employee training, regular testing and documenting procedures are strategies that will help with IT resilience planning, that, in turn, minimizes downtime and protects critical data.