Episode 46 — Optimize IT resource lifecycles to reduce waste and improve reliability (2B1)
This episode focuses on optimizing IT resource lifecycles so the enterprise reduces waste, avoids surprise failures, and improves reliability through disciplined planning and governance oversight. You’ll define lifecycle thinking for key resources like infrastructure, platforms, applications, licenses, and vendor services, covering stages such as selection, onboarding, operation, maintenance, modernization, and retirement. We’ll discuss how governance prevents common lifecycle failures, including unsupported technologies kept alive by inertia, uncontrolled license growth, delayed patching because ownership is unclear, and aging platforms that increase incident frequency and recovery time. Real-world scenarios include asset inventories that cannot be trusted, spending that grows without performance improvements, and retirements that fail because dependencies were never mapped. On the CGEIT exam, strong answers typically show lifecycle governance through clear ownership, measurable service expectations, refresh and retirement plans, and evidence that decisions are being executed consistently across the environment. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
