Deploying Policies and Allowing Offline Policy Evaluation

摘要

In an information management system, policies are deployed to targets and targets can evaluate the policies whether they are connected or disconnected to the system. The policies may be transferred to the target, which may be a device or user. Relevant policies may be transferred while not relevant policies are not. The policies may have policy abstractions.

主权项

1. A method of operating an information management system comprising:
providing a device comprising a decision engine to manage information accessible via the device according to a first set of policies stored on the device; connecting of the device to a network with a server having access to a policy database; via the server, receiving at the device a second set of policies to replace the first set of policies; and after receiving the second set of policies at the device, using the decision engine to manage information accessible via the device according to the second set of policies, whether the device is connected or disconnected from the network.