ISE

Identity Services Engine By Cisco

Identity Services Engine
Policy Server Designed for Secure Access

Centralized Policy Device Registration

ACS
RADIUS Server Supplicant and Cert
Provisioning
Profiler Secure Group Access
Mobile Device
Posture Assessment
Management
Guest
Server Guest Access Services

NAC Identity Device Profiling

Manager Services
Engine
Monitoring
NAC Troubleshooting
Server
Reporting
Introducing Cisco Identity Services
Engine
A centralised security solution that automates context-aware access to
network resources and shares contextual data

Physical Identity Profiling Network Resources

or VM and Posture

Who

Network What Guest Access

Door
When
BYOD Access
Where
Role-Based Access
How
ISE pxGrid
Compliant Secure Access
Controller

Context
Complete Visibility
Make Fully Informed Decisions with Rich
Contextual Awareness
Poor Context Awareness Extensive Context Awareness

Context:
Who IP address 192.168.1.51 Bob

What Unknown Tablet

Where Unknown Building 200, first floor

When Unknown 11:00 a.m. EST on April 10

How Unknown Wireless

Any user, any device, anywhere gets on The right user, on the right device, from the
Result the network right place is granted the right access
Posture Assessment in ISE
• PC operating systems:
• Uses AnyConnect Posture module;
• Uses proprietary TLS-encrypted transport protocol to carry posture;
• Supports Windows and MAC OS;
• Various checks are possible (anti-x, registry, file, application, service, etc.);
• Plenty of pre-defined checks are built into the system;
• Checks and rules can be automatically updated from Cisco.com.

• Mobile operating systems:

• AnyConnect’s mobile posture is limited (functionality and to ASA);
• MDM integration with MobileIron, Good, SAP, Airwatch, Zenprise and Meraki EMM;
• ISE MDM API (XML) is used to get compliance information from the MDM and send
lock/unlock instructions to the MDM.
Profiling
• What ISE Profiling is:
• Dynamic classification of every device that connects to network using the infrastructure.
• Provides the context of “What” is connected independent of user identity for use in accesspolicy
decisions

 What Profiling is NOT:

‒ An authentication mechanism.
‒ An exact science for device classification.
ISE Supports 3rd Party ‘Network Devices’
Cisco customers can now deploy ISE
services such as Profiling, Posture, Guest
and BYOD on Network Access Devices
(NADs) manufactured by non-Cisco Hewlett-

And Many
Aruba Motorola Juniper Brocade Packard
non-Cisco vendors.

More
ISE 1.0 802.1x
Benefits
New Profiling
Maximize value with Posture
Realize additional value from ISE 2.1
your existing infrastructure Guest
BYOD
Protect consistently
Deploy ISE across network devices,
including non-Cisco NADs
Cisco Validated Device Vendors Capabilities
Aruba Wireless Aruba HP Wireless
Hewlett-  Templatized MAB configuration for select
Simplify administration Packard
Leverage pre-configured profile non-Cisco vendor devices
templates for automatically Motorola Wireless Motorola Brocade Wired Brocade  CoA and URL re-direction
configuring non-Cisco NAD access  Non-Cisco NADs enabled to drive regular
HP Wired Hewlett-
Juniper Wired Juniper 802.1x operations
Packard
 New ISE SXP functionality enables TrustSec
RADIUS and TACACS+ Standards SGTs in a mixed NAD environment
Refer to the Cisco ISE Compatibility Matrix http://cs.co/ise-compatibility
Licensing
 ISE Licenses Needed, by Use Case
Overview
ISE supports a variety of different use cases - common use cases are listed below. Each use case requires one or more licenses,
which are indicated below the use case. Note that the Base license is required for every ISE deployment, no matter what use case(s) the
customer is implementing.

See and share rich Stop threats from

Control all access from one place user and device details getting in and spreading

Guest Secure Device BYOD Visibility Integration Compliance Prevention Segmentation Containment
Provide access Admin Seamlessly Get rich user and Share information Ensure that Prevent Enforce policy Dynamically
unique guest Control user Differentiate onboard non- device details with other products endpoints meet suspicious seamlessly with update policy
permissions to access and access for corporate network standards devices from role-based on suspicious
visitors ensure device device devices with authenticating software-defined devices
authentication administrators right access segmentation

Key Base Device Admin Plus ISE Apex

Note on Apex: To enable actions on endpoints (necessary for most Apex use cases), AnyConnect Apex is required in addition to ISE Apex.
There are situations in which customers only need ISE Apex and not AnyConnect Apex, but these are rare cases.
 REMEMBER:
1) To apply Device Admin,

ISE Licensing Overview Plus, or ISE Apex licenses,

Base licenses must be
installed first
2) For most ISE Apex use
cases, AnyConnect Apex is
also required

ISE has four main licensing options, each with features that meet different customer needs. The Base license is required for
every ISE deployment. Once Base is installed, customers can deploy Plus, Apex and Device Admin licenses on top to enable target Sales Guidance
use cases.
License Type Capabilities Provided Example
1 Pitch the basics
 Most customers start with guest or device
 Guest access: Provide unique guest permissions to visitors with ISE-
A customer wants to deploy basic wired admin and go from there
Base enabled guest services
and wireless access control along with  Base licenses are a prerequisite for other
Perpetual  Secure access: Control user access and ensure device authentication with guest services.
AAA and 802.1x licenses, and the number of Base licenses
must be equal to or greater than other
licenses
A customer wants security admins to  Reference Never Lose with ISE as a starting
Device Admin  Device Admin: Differentiate device access for different types of access only security network devices,
point for including ISE in your strategy
Perpetual administrators with TACACS+ and network admins to access only core
infrastructure.
2 Highlight what’s new
 EasyConnect access management
A customer wants to deploy advanced
Plus  BYOD: Seamlessly onboard non-corporate devices with the right access wired and wireless access control with  Visibility enhancements, like more threat
Term  Visibility: See when, where, and why users are on your network complete visibility, self-serve enterprise and vulnerability insight
(1, 3, 5 year)  Threat containment: Reduce risk with rapid threat containment (RTC) device on-boarding, and automated  Dashboard customization
control over mis-behaving endpoints.
 New partner integrations
 Compliance: Ensure that endpoints meet your network standards with
posture and MDM/EMM A customer wants advanced wired, 3 Upsell
Apex
 Threat prevention: Prevent breaches at the endpoint level with Threat- wireless, and remote access control with
Term Centric NAC MDM compliance capabilities for mobile  Take advantage of huge upsell
(1, 3, 5 year) endpoints. opportunities with Plus – like BYOD and
To enable actions on endpoints (necessary for most Apex use cases),
AnyConnect Apex is required in addition to ISE Apex pxGrid context-sharing with Cisco and 3rd
party services
ISE Express License Bundle offers enterprise-level guest services and self-registration portals. It includes an ISE virtual machine,
 Emphasize the threat containment and
Base licenses for 150 endpoints, and unlimited access to the ISE Portal Builder. Customers can add on Plus or Apex for up to 5000 licenses.
prevention that Plus and Apex enable
See more information here.
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