DARR
MR-070 Governance & process Organization scope

Inadequate AI decommissioning and retirement

The deployer has no managed process for retiring or decommissioning AI systems and models, so deprecated or unsupported systems remain in use and accumulate risk and liability.

Risk family
Governance & process
MIT domain
n/a (ISO-derived)
MIT subdomain
n/a
AI type
GPAI, Classical_ML, Agentic
Scope
Organization
Source standard
ISO/IEC 23894 + 42001 (gap analysis)

Provenance

Source standard
ISO/IEC 23894 + 42001 (gap analysis)
Source frameworks
ISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO/IEC 23894:2023
ISO/IEC references
23894 Annex B.7; 42001 Annex A, A.6 and A.4.6
Nearest MIT-derived risk
MR-047 Vendor/model concentration / MR-058 drift: neither addresses end-of-life governance of an AI system.

Framework crosswalk

Every framework item mapped to this risk. Items marked partial overlap only in part; definitions appear on hover where the source licence permits.

Sourcesframeworks that contributed to the register
ISO 420012
  • A.4.6 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.4.6
  • A.6 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6

Part of the Deployer AI Risk Register, an open-source resource developed by MindXO. Version 1.0, 3 July 2026. Derived from the MIT AI Risk Repository (V4, December 2025) under CC BY 4.0; an independent derivative work, not endorsed by or affiliated with MIT. Sub-risk decomposition references MITRE ATLAS™ v5.6.0 (© 2021-2026 The MITRE Corporation, reproduced and distributed with permission). ISO/IEC and EU AI Act references are by number only. License: CC BY 4.0. Full attribution and licensing.