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Data & Analytics · Intermediate

Data Lifecycle Management (DLM)

Managing data from creation and storage through use, sharing, archiving and secure deletion according to policy.

Definition

Lifecycle management balances value, cost and compliance, for example by moving cold data to cheaper tiers and purging data past its retention period.

Exam tip

Know the stages: create, store, use, share, archive, destroy.

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