1. A method comprising: receiving a request for a secure module to enter an unlocked lifecycle state; requesting confirmation to enter the unlocked lifecycle state; if the request is confirmed, transitioning the secure module from a current lifecycle state to the unlocked lifecycle state; and subsequently transitioning the secure module from the unlocked lifecycle state to a locked lifecycle state; where transitioning to the locked lifecycle state from the unlocked lifecycle state comprises requesting a user associated with the secure module to confirm the transition to the locked lifecycle state, and where the user confirms the transition to the locked lifecycle state via a user interface of a device in which the secure module is contained; where transitioning the secure module from the unlocked lifecycle state to the locked lifecycle state comprises, in one instance, returning management responsibility for the secure module to an entity that had management responsibility for the secure module prior to the unlocked life cycle state being entered.