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Policy-based Management: A Historical Perspective

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This paper traces the history of policy-based management and how it evolved from the first security models dating back to the late 1960’s until today’s more elaborate frameworks, languages, and policy-based management tools. The focus will be on providing a synthesized chronicle of the evolution of ideas and research trends rather than on surveying the various specification formalisms, frameworks, and application domains of policy-based management.

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Boutaba, R., Aib, I. Policy-based Management: A Historical Perspective. J Netw Syst Manage 15, 447–480 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10922-007-9083-8

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