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Loading...A provisioned resource whose original owner is no longer reachable, no longer accountable, or no longer present in the organisation, and which has not been adopted by a replacement owner. Abandoned resources are the canonical product of organisational change without corresponding asset hygiene. The federation requires abandoned resource detection to run on every accreditation cycle, with a remediation playbook for adoption, decommissioning, or escalation. Abandoned resources continuing to incur spend after sixty days without remediation are reported as governance debt under UFMS-001:2.4(c).
From the Latin ad-bandum, to put out of one's control; the term entered cloud cost vocabulary in the late 2010s with the rise of multi-account governance.
Federation members maintain an abandoned resource register linked to the identity directory. Resources whose owners have left the organisation are auto-flagged. Sixty days unowned without remediation triggers a Tier-2 governance debt entry under MEV-Annex:3.2.
@misc{ifo4_glossary_abandoned_resource,
title = {{Abandoned Resource}},
author = {{IFO4 Federation Editorial Board}},
howpublished = {{IFO4 Federation Glossary, slug \texttt{abandoned-resource}}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://ifo4.org/glossary/abandoned-resource},
note = {Category: Waste; key: AbandonedResource}
}Federation members and accredited practitioners may challenge any entry under TGS-002:1.7. Filed challenges are routed to the editorial board, triaged into the revision register, and resolved in writing on the public docket. The slug remains stable through any revision.