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Policy Decision Point

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

A policy decision point evaluates a governance rule against the current context and returns an allow, deny, or conditional decision. It is separate from the enforcement point, allowing policy logic to be centralised and reused across agents.

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