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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Solutions

Identity Services Engine, formerly Policy Services Engine, is an all-in-one solution for Cisco’s comprehensive security policy management. With ISE, your business can ensure that users, devices, and guests have secure access to the network while making access control even more straightforward and better protected.

When deployed, ISE becomes an integral part of your network devices, creating contextual identities based on the attributes collected from your users and endpoints. This supports dynamic, intelligent policy enforcement specific to your security needs.

Performance Networks focuses on the deployment and optimisation of Cisco ISE, helping your business achieve a strong posture of network security and compliance. Learn how our expertise will ensure smooth deployment and unlock ISE’s full potential.

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What is Cisco Identity Services Engine?

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a next-generation, identity-based network access control and policy enforcement solution. Cisco ISE serves as a centralised policy engine to manage enterprise endpoint access control and network device administration centrally.

Cisco ISE allows organisations to improve network infrastructure security, ensure regulatory compliance, and simplify service operations. This allows businesses to secure their networks while allowing easy access for users and devices using this strong system.

Real-time contextual data provides Cisco ISE administrators with a holistic network view. It includes information about:

  • Users and user groups
  • Device types trying to connect
  • Time of access
  • Location of access
  • How it connects—wired, wireless, or VPN
  • Identifies threats and vulnerabilities detected on the network

Cisco ISE is the integrated solution for your network security and ensures smooth connectivity and advanced threat protection.

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Cisco Identity Services Engine Benefits

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Secure Wireless and Guest Access

Allow guests to effortlessly gain access to the network via Guest Portals, which can be designed with various methods, including Hotspot, Self-Registration, or Sponsored access.

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Asset Visibility

ISE can profile the devices on your network to gather information such as device type, capabilities, and manufacturer. This can enable ISE to differentiate between corporate guest or IoT devices and allow them the appropriate level of network access.

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Software Defined Network Segmentation

ISE can enable you to move away from traditional VLAN/ACL based segmentation that relies on the network topology. By leveraging Cisco TrustSec and Security Group Tags you can define access control policies that will maintain the desired segmentation even as resources are moved on the network.

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Security Integrations

pxGrid technology allows ISE to share contextual information about connected users and devices to other Cisco security products and compatible third-party systems; thereby further enhancing their capabilities and accelerating their ability to identify and mitigate threats.

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Compliance and Posture

Using Cisco AnyConnect or other Mobile Device Management/Enterprise Mobility Management agents you can automate device compliance and posture checks to ensure that a device meets the specified requirements before network access will be allowed.

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Threat-Centric Network Access Control

Vulnerability and threat adaptors such as SourceFire FireAMP or Qualys can be configured to send Indications of Compromise (IoC), Threat Detected events, and CVSS scores to ISE so that threat-centric policies can be created to alter an endpoint’s privileges and access accordingly.

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Device Administration

ISE can be used as a TACACS+ or Radius server to enable secure identity-based access and authorisation to your network devices.

Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine

The process involved in setting up Cisco Identity Services Engine is generally very complex; careful planning, integration, and continued management are needed to reap the full benefits of ISE. Performance Networks helps with the setting up of Cisco ISE to fit your needs for network security and access control.

Our experts will collaborate closely with you on this matter in the following steps:

  • Check What You Need: We look at your current network setup, security needs, and compliance goals to create a personalised ISE deployment plan.
  • Easy Integration: We ensure Cisco ISE works well with your current network devices and systems, reducing interruptions while increasing efficiency.
  • Custom Setup: Our experts set up ISE policies to meet your organisation’s specific needs, allowing secure access for users, devices, and guests.
  • Ongoing Support: Performance Networks provides regular assistance and proactive network support, checks, and updates to ensure your Cisco ISE setup works well and meets changing security needs.

With our knowledge, you can make the implementation process easier, lower deployment risks, and use all the features of Cisco ISE for your business. Trust Performance Networks to provide a safe and efficient network access solution made for your company. Contact us today to find out how we can assist you!

Secure and Simplify Network Access with Cisco ISE

It is estimated that more than a quarter of the UK workforce is likely to work from home, and more than half of businesses allow employees to use personal devices for work. Therefore, it is very important to have full visibility and control over your network.

To solve these problems, Cisco Identity Services Engine, or ISE, provides powerful means of securing and managing your network:

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): Allow users to register their personal devices with a simple enrollment process, ensuring they can securely access the network.

Secure Wired Access: Provide network access based on the user’s identity, dynamically placing them in the appropriate VLAN regardless of which switch port they connect to.

DNA Centre Integration: Fully integrate ISE with Cisco DNA Centre to simplify the setup of ISE services and policies and help you deploy them quickly in your network.

At Performance Networks, we specialise in configuring and enhancing Cisco ISE to assist businesses in safeguarding their networks. Whether you are managing remote workers or dealing with BYOD issues, we will ensure that your network remains secure, visible, and under your complete control.

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