These are the strategies that will be used to restore the IT infrastructure in a quick and effective manner after a disruption has occurred. Recovery strategies must be developed with a focus on the information obtained from the BIA. There are several considerations that have to be made while choosing between alternative strategies, such as costs, security, site-wide compatibility, and the organization's recovery time objectives (7).

Recovery strategies should also consist of combinations of methods that are complementary and cover the entire threat landscape facing an organization. 

The following are the most commonly used recovery methods.