ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) Practice Question

Secure archiving addresses the need to keep source code, data sets, and related documentation in long-term storage that is isolated from production. This allows the organization to meet future audit, regulatory, or forensic requirements without leaving the retired application deployed or reachable. Credential removal, configuration cleanup, and license cancellation are all important EOL tasks, but they serve different purposes: eliminating unused accounts, eliminating network access, or stopping maintenance costs. None of those activities ensures that evidence of the system's design and operation is retained for potential future reference, which is the specific objective in the scenario.