java.lang.SecurityException: unable to instantiate Subject-based policy when using IBM JVM

java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6460sr16fp1-20140706_01(SR16 FP1))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux amd64-64 jvmxa6460sr16-20140626_204542 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - 20140626_204542
JIT  - r9_20130920_46510ifx7
GC   - GA24_Java6_SR16_20140626_1848_B204542)
JCL  - 20140704_01

2014-11-03 10:13:02,122 | WARN  | qtp1357533418-80 | Authenticator                    | io.hawt.system.Authenticator       86 | 146 - io.hawt.hawtio-web - 1.2.0.redhat-379 | Failed to execute privileged action: 
java.lang.SecurityException: unable to instantiate Subject-based policy
	at javax.security.auth.Policy.getPolicyNoCheck(Policy.java:276)
	at javax.security.auth.Policy.getPolicy(Policy.java:226)
	at javax.security.auth.SubjectDomainCombiner$5.run(SubjectDomainCombiner.java:513)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:273)
	at javax.security.auth.SubjectDomainCombiner.compatPolicy(SubjectDomainCombiner.java:509)
	at javax.security.auth.SubjectDomainCombiner.combine(SubjectDomainCombiner.java:223)
	at java.security.AccessController.getContext(AccessController.java:209)
	at io.hawt.web.LoginServlet.doPost(LoginServlet.java:78)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:595)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:684)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1496)
	at io.hawt.web.AuthenticationFilter$2.run(AuthenticationFilter.java:143)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:362)
	at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:573)
	at io.hawt.web.AuthenticationFilter.executeAs(AuthenticationFilter.java:140)
	at io.hawt.web.AuthenticationFilter.access$000(AuthenticationFilter.java:28)
	at io.hawt.web.AuthenticationFilter$1.execute(AuthenticationFilter.java:117)
	at io.hawt.system.Authenticator.authenticate(Authenticator.java:84)
	at io.hawt.web.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:114)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1467)
	at io.hawt.web.CORSFilter.doFilter(CORSFilter.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1467)
	at io.hawt.web.CacheHeadersFilter.doFilter(CacheHeadersFilter.java:37)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1467)
	at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.internal.WelcomeFilesFilter.doFilter(WelcomeFilesFilter.java:185)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1467)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:499)
	at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.HttpServiceServletHandler.doHandle(HttpServiceServletHandler.java:69)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:533)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1086)
	at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.HttpServiceContext.doHandle(HttpServiceContext.java:219)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:428)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1020)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
	at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.JettyServerHandlerCollection.handle(JettyServerHandlerCollection.java:77)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:494)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:971)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1033)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:644)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:667)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:608)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:543)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:761)