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ECO-DAT-DATA-002 — Missing retention policy

  • Category: Data (DAT)
  • Family: Data (DATA)
  • Layer: Data
  • Tier: 4
  • Severity: warning
  • Tags: retention, governance
  • Legacy ID: ECO-DATA-002

Summary

No TTL/lifecycle policy causes unbounded data growth.

Rationale

Without retention, storage becomes the default memory of the organization.

Impact

{
  "confidence": 0.85,
  "notes": "Systemic; large long-term cost driver.",
  "type": "storage"
}

Detection

{
  "languages": [
    "infra",
    "org"
  ],
  "method": "config"
}

Remediation

{
  "guidance": "Define retention tiers and lifecycle automation.",
  "tradeoffs": "Compliance alignment required."
}

Ontology

{
  "system_layers": [
    "data"
  ]
}