1. A method for upgrading an access manager framework, the method comprising: extracting a set of policy data from a first version of an access manager framework, the set of policy data used for protecting a resource by the access manager framework; extracting a set of configuration information from the first version of the access manager framework, the set of configuration information used for configuring functionality of the access manager framework; transforming, using a processor, the set of extracted policy data and the set of extracted configuration information, the transformed set of policy data and the set of transformed configuration information being compatible with a second version of the access manager framework; importing the set of transformed policy data to the second version of the access manager framework; and importing the set of transformed configuration information to the second version of the access manager framework.