Data Lifecycle Management (DLM)

Data Lifecycle Management (DLM)

Data Lifecycle Management controls how data is created, stored, used, archived and eventually disposed of in a structured and policy-driven way. It ties together retention, tiering, classification and deletion decisions. The consensus is that DLM reduces risk and cost by avoiding uncontrolled data growth and ensures that resilience and compliance measures follow data throughout its life rather than being bolted on to production systems only.