PROVIDING A POLICY TOPOLOGY MODEL THAT INTERCONNECTS POLICIES AT DIFFERENT LAYERS
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a policy topology model that relates policies at different layers associated with an enterprise, wherein the layers include a higher-level business layer and at least a lower-level layer, and wherein the policy topology model includes a policy topology map of the policies and corresponding policy engines to implement the respective policies; and
using, by a computing system, a connection module of the policy topology model to interconnect the policies at the different layers and to associate multiple domains, and wherein the connection module under a particular condition also transforms at least one of the policies.
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Abstract
A policy topology model that relates policies at different layers associated with an enterprise is provided, where the layers include a higher-level business layer and at least a lower-level layer. The policy topology model includes a policy topology map of the policies and corresponding policy engines to implement the respective policies. A connection module of the policy topology model is used to interconnect the policies at the different layers and to associate multiple domains. The connection module under a particular condition also transforms at least one of the policies.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a policy topology model that relates policies at different layers associated with an enterprise, wherein the layers include a higher-level business layer and at least a lower-level layer, and wherein the policy topology model includes a policy topology map of the policies and corresponding policy engines to implement the respective policies; and using, by a computing system, a connection module of the policy topology model to interconnect the policies at the different layers and to associate multiple domains, and wherein the connection module under a particular condition also transforms at least one of the policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing system comprising:
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storage media to store a repository of a policy topology model regarding policies maintained at different layers in a hierarchy of layers associated with an enterprise, wherein the layers include a business layer and a lower-level layer; and one or more processors to execute a connection module of the policy topology model to discover related policies in the different layers and to associate characteristics of multiple domains. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An article comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that upon execution cause a computing system to:
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provide a policy topology model that relates policies at different layers associated with an enterprise, wherein the layers include a higher-level business layer and at least a lower-level layer, wherein the policy topology model includes a policy topology map of the policies and corresponding policy engines to implement the respective policies; and use a connection module of the policy topology model to interconnect the policies at the different layers and to associate multiple domains; and transform, by the connection module under a particular condition, at least one of the policies. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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