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Lifecycle Review

The organization shall conduct periodic reviews of technology lifecycle management activities to ensure their effectiveness, efficiency, and alignment with organizational needs. Reviews shall evaluate inventory review, end-of-life identification, and replacement planning against established criteria and best practices, identifying opportunities for lifecycle management improvement.

Requirement ID
OPS-006-R009
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

OPS-006-R009 · OPS-006
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to periodically evaluate lifecycle management activities and effectiveness and to ensure operational services are managed consistently, reliably, and with appropriate control.

Implementation Guidance

Define and document the process for periodically evaluate lifecycle management activities and effectiveness. Establish accountable owners, inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, operating criteria, schedules or thresholds where applicable, exception handling, monitoring, reporting, review, and evidence requirements. Integrate the process with change, incident, risk, asset, security, and service-management processes where relevant.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

OPS-006-R009 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        OPS-006 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.2-3.2.2 – Asset Tracking; §1.8-VI – Continuous Monitoring and review
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.9 Security evaluation and maturity assessment before adopting new technologies for critical systems; 5) Secure Configuration – 5.1 Baseline security requirements/configurations across device categories and lifecycle, with periodic review
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(4)(f) – Documented policies for patches and updates Article 7 – ICT systems, protocols and tools
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure
          EU
          Directive
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: ID.IM – Improvement | ID.IM-03 – Improvements are identified from execution of operational processes, procedures, and activities
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.17 – SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION, 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SA-22 – UNSUPPORTED SYSTEM COMPONENTS, PM-5 – SYSTEM INVENTORY
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC3.4 – Risk Assessment – COSO Principle 9: The entity identifies and assesses changes that could significantly impact the system of internal control. CC8.1 – Change Management – The entity authorizes, designs, develops or acquires, configures, documents, tests, approves, and implements changes to infrastructure, data, software, and procedures to meet its objectives. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          IT Operations & Service Management (OPS)
          Purpose:
          To ensure the availability, performance, and resilience of IT services.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          End-of-Life & Technology Lifecycle Management (OPS-006)
          Summary:
          Establishes end-of-life management including inventory review, EOL identification, risk assessment, replacement planning, compensating controls, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain processes to identify, assess, monitor, replace, retire, or apply compensating controls for obsolete, unsupported, and end-of-life technology assets.