Policy

The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.

A contract that states the rights and duties of the insurance company and the insured.

The entire written contract between the insured and the insurer. It includes: the printed policy form, the application and Declarations Page, any endorsement(s) that may be issued, and any renewal certificate indicating that coverage has been instituted for a new policy and new policy term.

The contract issued by the insurance company to the insured.

The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.

The printed document issued to the policyholder by the company stating the terms of the insurance contract.

The written contract between an individual or group policyholder and an insurance company. The policy outlines the duties, obligations, and responsibilities of both the policyholder and the insurance company. A policy may include any application, endorsement, certificate, or any other document that can describe, limit, or exclude coverage benefits under the policy.

a guiding principle, operating practice, or plan of action governing decisions made on behalf of an organization.

A collection of configuration settings that can be applied to objects of the same class in Active Directory. In relation to Exchange 2000, this may include mailbox thresholds and deleted item retention. [Exchange 2000]

A collection of configuration settings that are applied to one or more Exchange configuration objects. Policies simplify the administration of Exchange. You can define a policy that controls the configuration of some, or of all settings across a server or other objects in an Exchange organization. After policies are defined and implemented, editing the policy and then applying it changes the configuration of all servers and objects covered by the policy. [Exchange 2003]

Default Domain Policy and Default Domain Controller Policy, a set of rules that govern the interaction between a subject and an object within a domain.

A policy is the formal description of the permissions for a resource. The access policy language distinguishes between a policy and a statement. A policy is the complete document that can contain many different permissions for a given resource. A statement is the description of an individual permission. Therefore a policy can contain multiple statements. For example, a policy could specify that Jane can use John's queue (one statement), and Bob cannot use John's queue (another statement).

Auto Scaling: An object that stores the information needed to launch or terminate instances for an Auto Scaling group. Executing the policy causes instances to be launched or terminated. You can configure an alarm to invoke an Auto Scaling policy.

A high-level overall plan, containing a set of principles, embracing the general goals of the organization, and used to base decisions

A document that delineates the security management structure and clearly assigns security responsibilities and lays the foundation necessary to reliably measure progress and compliance. ALSO SEE Security Policy.

See: Security Policy [7498-2].