5 questions to test tech resilience and build a 90-day action plan

Major events demand quick reaction from companies. That means having the agility in your technology estate to respond at a pace to circumstances few companies will have experienced before. The unprecedented speed of tech evolution, ongoing geopolitical instability, and the constantly shifting landscape of trade agreements are just some of the recent dynamics that many companies have had to adapt to. The most successful organizations are the ones that can effectively respond to macro events, whether that’s shifts in regulation, tech developments, supply chains, or realigned market access.

In recent research from Accenture, 63% of C-suite executives said they were planning to reinvent their organization’s IT function over the next three years. And this is in the context of a business environment that feels like a perma-crisis. With everything at stake, CIOs face major opportunities wrapped in complex challenges.

Building technology resilience today requires more than keeping systems running. It’s about concentrating capability where it matters most, so core operations remain secure, adaptive, and strategically aligned. So here are five critical questions CIO’s should ask themselves to gauge their tech resiliency and shape the rest of their 2025 agenda, as well as corresponding 90-day action plans to help gain the agility to respond to critical business priorities.