paperAugust 2026Unreviewed

A Security-Oriented Lifecycle Model for Large Language Model Systems

Eleftherios Batzolis, George Drosatos, Vassilis Katsouros, Konstantinos Rantos

Abstract

Large language models are being integrated into critical infrastructure and enterprise workflows at unprecedented scale,yet the lifecycle frameworks governing their development and operations were designed for operational efficiency rather than security analysis. As a result, security-relevant activities such as data provenance verification, artifact signing, agentic permission control, and decommissioning are often left implicit or assumed to receive due care. Governance frameworks, in turn, or

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@misc{batzolis2026securityoriented,
  title = {{A Security-Oriented Lifecycle Model for Large Language Model Systems}},
  author = {Eleftherios Batzolis and George Drosatos and Vassilis Katsouros and Konstantinos Rantos},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  eprint = {2608.03626},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03626}
}