5.5.5 Exception

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The following examples in figure

specify some exceptions for a policy-based management environment in place.

**Table 5.5:** Example exception metapolicies
$\begin{table} \begin{enumerate} \begin{sffamily} \item During policy auditing, ... ... enforcement in domain \texttt{NT}. \par\end{sffamily}\end{enumerate}\end{table}$

There are situations that are exceptional in comparison to the normal operation. These special situations may entail exceptions for the operation of the supporting processes or the enforcement of normal policies. The first metapolicy does not allow putting any new policies in place, because this could falsify the auditing results.
Due to certain circumstances, exceptions for a specific policy or for policies on a specific target (domain) must be made. This can be realised as shown in the second and third metapolicy examples. The advantages of integrating such exceptions in metapolicies are the explicit statement and central management of the exceptions.