Reliability, security & resilience · Core
Resilience
Also called: system resilience
ELI5
The system can keep going or recover when things fail.
Used in conversation
“Resilience requires tested recovery paths.”
Definition
The ability to withstand, adapt to and recover from disruption.
Here “Resilience” means: The ability to withstand, adapt to and recover from disruption.
Pitch context
You will see “Resilience” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches reliability, security & resilience.
Why it matters: In reliability, security & resilience, the scope can change what data may be used, who may access it and which controls are required.
Sources & evidence · 2
Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossaryDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16