Define resilience in the context of national security and give an example.

• A. The ability of systems and communities to anticipate, absorb, recover from, and adapt to disruptions; example: resilient power grids with rapid restoration after outages.
• B. The ability to prevent all disruptions entirely.
• C. The ability to centralize all critical information in one place.
• D. The ability to deploy troops within 24 hours.

Answer: (A)