Policy-Based Networking: Architecture and Algorithms

Policy Monitoring

By using a policy-based provisioning tool, a network administrator takes the first step toward ensuring that the devices within the network are configured in accordance with its business needs. However, it is always desirable to have an independent process to verify that the network is meeting the desired business needs.

You can monitor compliance of low-level policies by ensuring that the configuration of the different devices within the network is what is expected by the policy management tool. A management tool typically revalidates that the policies are indeed implemented at the different devices by examining the device configuration after the tool updates the policy to comply with the new policies. However, monitoring policy ...