Retired public-safety radios still appear as "active" in the configuration management database months after collection. What asset-management principle is most clearly broken?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
A phone book full of people who moved away last year is not a contact list—it is fiction. When retired radios still say "active," every audit, patch plan, and recovery count is wrong. Asset management means updating status through the whole lifecycle, including the day something leaves service.
Full Explanation
Asset management requires continuous accuracy: status must change as assets are provisioned, reassigned, retired, and destroyed. Stale "active" records inflate inventory, misguide vulnerability and license tracking, and undermine accountability. Lifecycle processes should trigger CMDB updates at each state transition, not only at procurement.