Methods and systems for a networked computing system are provided. One method includes detecting that a processor executable, policy decision point (PDP) has not responded to a request for accessing data associated with a storage system; predicting a response to the request using a machine-learned, request-response association maintained by a processor executable training device; and presenting the predicted response to a processor executable, policy enforcement point (PEP) for granting access to the data and denying access to the data, based on the predicted response.