Don’t Go It Alone with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 

ThinkGard Helps You Manage Cisco ISE 

ISE is a powerful, robust security policy management platform from Cisco that helps organizations enforce security policies across their network infrastructure. The platform provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services along with advanced network access control (NAC) capabilities. It’s one of the oldest security solutions in the marketplace, and yet it’s just now getting major traction. 

Many organizations that have purchased and deployed this solution are using less than 20 percent of its full capabilities. 

It’s understandable if this complex tool overwhelms you—especially if you’re overburdened and under-resourced. Consider your own environment and ask yourself which of the following features are currently implemented. 

• Identity-based Network Access Control: Cisco ISE allows organizations to define and enforce granular access policies based on users' identities, roles, device types, and other contextual attributes.
• Policy Enforcement and Compliance: Cisco ISE enables organizations to define and enforce security policies consistently across their network infrastructure, including wired, wireless, and VPN connections.
• Guest Access Management: Cisco ISE includes built-in guest access management features that allow organizations to securely onboard and manage guest users and devices on their network.
• Endpoint Compliance and Remediation: Cisco ISE can assess the security posture of endpoints connecting to the network and enforce compliance with organizational security policies.
• Cisco Ecosystem Integration: Cisco ISE integrates with other security and networking technologies such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), VPN gateways, and security information and event management (SIEM) systems.