System and method for monitoring and managing connection manager activity

A connection manager (112) of a communication device (103). The connection manager registers with a device driver (109) associated with a network interface (106, 228), which monitors the communication device for network access data from a third party connection manager (118). After detecting network access data, the device driver notifies the connection manager. Depending on one or more policies or user input received from a user interface (115), the connection manager may unregister with the device driver, disable the third party connection manager, or notify the user via the user interface that manual intervention may be required. The connection manager may prevent conflicts between itself and the third party connection manager.