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IT Directors turn to ThinkGard’s management of Identity Services Engine (ISE) when they...
Lack Network Device Visibility
With so many devices—including BYOD and IoT devices—connecting to your network, it’s difficult to gain full visibility.
Struggle to Ensure Secure Access Control
In a complex network environment, it’s easy to make an access control mistake—especially with so many different user roles and device types.
Wrestle with Compliance and Regulations
Compliance requirements require that your access controls are strict and enforced, with detailed audit trails.
Lose Time to Manual Processes
When you manually manage network access control policies, you waste valuable time and increase the chance of error—especially in large, dynamic environments.
Integrated Automated Threat Response
Cisco ISE is a highly complex platform that requires extensive configuration, ongoing updates, and tuning to maintain network access control policies. We can help you manage this complexity, allowing you to focus on other critical tasks.
Device Profiling and Visibility
Cisco ISE automatically profiles and identifies devices connected to your network, providing detailed visibility into device types, operating systems, and behavior. Ensure that only compliant and secure devices can access your network.
Zero Trust Network Access
Ensure that every user, device, and application is authenticated and authorized before accessing network resources. Cisco ISE continuously monitors and enforces policies for all network interactions, minimizing the risk of insider threats and lateral movement.
Compliance with Security Standards
Meet compliance requirements by enforcing access policies, providing detailed logging and reporting of user and device activity, and ensuring that only authorized entities can access sensitive systems.
Automated Threat Response
Cisco ISE integrates with Cisco security solutions such as Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco SecureX to enable automated threat response. When a threat is detected, ISE can automatically block or quarantine compromised devices.
Ensure the Right People Access the Right Things
ISE is a powerful, robust security policy management platform 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.
Authentication
When someone tries to connect to your network, such as logging in with a username and password or plugging in a device, Cisco ISE checks their credentials.
Authorization
Once Cisco ISE confirms who is trying to connect, it checks if they're allowed to access certain parts of the network.
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Device Compliance
Cisco ISE also checks if the device trying to connect meets certain security requirements. For example, it might ensure that the device has the latest software updates and EDR protection before allowing it onto the network.
Policy Enforcement
Based on all this information, Cisco ISE enforces network access policies—deciding whether to grant access, restrict access, or deny access altogether.
Monitoring and Reporting
Cisco ISE keeps an eye on who's coming and going on your network—logging information about all the devices and users that connect, what they're doing, and any security incidents that occur.
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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.
“ThinkGard has been an enormous asset. Leveraging their team to provide security solutions and monitoring of our infrastructure has allowed our internal IT team to focus on building effective solutions to improve efficiency throughout our organization.”