Run-time policies define actions that are to be carried out by a policy-enforcement point (PEP) when a consumer requests a particular service through the PEP. The actions in a run-time policy perform activities such as identifying/authenticating consumers, validating digital signatures, logging run-time events, and capturing performance measurements.

You use CentraSite Control to define run-time policies, associate them with services, and deploy them on specified PEPs in the run-time environment. You also use CentraSite Control to monitor quality-of-service and other performance metrics for the services to which you have attached run-time policies.

For more information about creating run-time policies, see Run-Time Governance with CentraSite.