The Lifecycle Governance Imperative
Every IT asset passes through six phases: Plan → Procure → Deploy → Operate → Maintain → Decommission. Governance failures at any phase create compliance exposure. End-of-life systems running unsupported OS versions represent the most common CERT-In compliance finding in Indian enterprises — yet they are entirely preventable with proper lifecycle governance.
IT Asset Lifecycle — Cost Distribution
The Hidden Risks of Lifecycle Gaps
- End-of-Life Systems: EoL hardware/software receives no security patches. Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, and CentOS 7 are running in production across thousands of Indian enterprises. CERT-In treats these as critical findings.
- Zombie Cloud Instances: Provisioned for a project, never decommissioned. Average enterprise pays for 30% more cloud capacity than it uses. Source: Flexera State of the Cloud 2024.
- Expired Licences: Software running on expired licences creates both compliance risk (compliance findings) and legal exposure.
- Incomplete Decommission: Data on decommissioned hardware that wasn't properly wiped is a DPDP 2023 violation and an ISO 27001 Annex A.7.14 breach.
Building a Lifecycle Governance Programme
InfraVeritas 360 identifies lifecycle governance gaps during our on-site assessment — including EoL inventory, orphaned cloud resources, and decommission documentation. We map these directly to the compliance requirements they violate and prioritise remediation by risk.
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