# Conclusion and resources
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This guide presents a lifecycle that helps you continuously improve the resilience of your applications by implementing best practices across five stages: *Set objectives*, *Design and implement*, *Evaluate and test*, *Operate*, and *Respond and learn*.

For more information about the services and concepts discussed in this guide, see the following resources.

AWS services:
+ [AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html)
+ [AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/drs/latest/userguide/what-is-drs.html)
+ [AWS Fault Injection Service (AWS FIS)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fis/latest/userguide/what-is.html)
+ [AWS Resilience Hub](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resilience-hub/latest/userguide/what-is.html)
+ [Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/r53recovery/latest/dg/what-is-route53-recovery.html)
+ [AWS X-Ray](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/aws-xray.html)

Blog posts and articles:
+ [Availability and Beyond: Understanding and Improving the Resilience of Distributed Systems on AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/availability-and-beyond-improving-resilience/availability-and-beyond-improving-resilience.html)
+ [AWS Fault Isolation Boundaries](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-fault-isolation-boundaries/abstract-and-introduction.html)
+ [AWS Multi-Region Fundamentals](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-multi-region-fundamentals/aws-multi-region-fundamentals.html)
+ [Chaos Engineering in the cloud](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/chaos-engineering-in-the-cloud/)
+ [Continually assessing application resilience with AWS Resilience Hub and AWS CodePipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/continually-assessing-application-resilience-with-aws-resilience-hub-and-aws-codepipeline/)
+ [Disaster Recovery of On-Premises Applications to AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/disaster-recovery-of-on-premises-applications-to-aws/abstract-and-introduction.html)
+ [Reliability Pillar – AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/reliability-pillar/welcome.html)
+ [Resilience analysis framework](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/resilience-analysis-framework/)