# IT Resilience Best Practices
## Redundancy
- Implement N+1 redundancy for critical systems and infrastructure
- Use high availability clusters for key applications and databases
- Set up geographically dispersed data centers with active-active configurations
- Utilize cloud-based disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solutions
## Data Protection
- Follow the 3-2-1 backup rule: 3 copies of data on 2 different media with 1 copy offsite
- Use continuous data protection (CDP) for near-zero RPO
- Implement end-to-end encryption for data at rest and in transit
- Regularly test and validate backups and restore processes
## Network Resilience
- Deploy software-defined networking (SDN) for flexible traffic management
- Implement BGP multihoming for internet connectivity redundancy
- Use link aggregation (LAG) for increased bandwidth and failover
- Set up VPN tunnels between sites for secure, redundant connectivity
## Application Resilience
- Containerize applications using Docker/Kubernetes for portability
- Implement circuit breakers and bulkheads to isolate failures
- Use asynchronous messaging queues to decouple components
- Design for graceful degradation of non-critical features
## Monitoring and Automation
- Implement predictive analytics to anticipate potential failures
- Use chaos engineering to proactively test failure scenarios
- Deploy AIOps for intelligent alerting and automated remediation
- Establish a centralized security information and event management (SIEM) system
## Business Continuity
- Develop and regularly test IT disaster recovery plans
- Conduct business impact analysis to prioritize critical systems
- Establish clear roles and procedures for incident response
- Provide ongoing training and tabletop exercises for IT staff
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