Introduction In the modern enterprise, manual onboarding of users is a bottleneck. Picture this: a new employee joins, HR requests IT to create credentials, IT manually adds them to ISE, assigns groups, emails credentials, and then configures device access. Multiply this by hundreds of employees, […]
Introduction When we talk about modern NAC (Network Access Control), the real battlefield isn’t just user authentication — it’s device trust, compliance, and dynamic enforcement. Traditional methods that relied on MAC addresses or static profiling are broken by today’s realities: MAC randomization in iOS/Android/Windows, multi-device […]
Introduction In today’s world, remote work is no longer an exception—it’s the new normal. With users connecting from home offices, co-working spaces, airports, and even unsecured public Wi-Fi, the enterprise security perimeter has dissolved. Traditional VPN connectivity ensures encryption, but it does not guarantee that […]
Introduction Welcome to Day 114 of the Cisco ISE Mastery Training Series, where we take a hard, uncompromising look at one of the most critical integrations in modern enterprise security:Cisco ISE + Cisco AMP (Secure Endpoint) for advanced threat mitigation. Why does this matter? Because […]
Introduction Welcome to Day 112 of the Cisco ISE Mastery Training, where we step into one of the most advanced integrations in the modern Zero-Trust ecosystem — FMC (Firepower Management Center) Automation via pxGrid. In today’s cyber battlefield, time is your greatest enemy. A malware-infected […]
Introduction In modern enterprise security, the days of static firewalls and isolated NAC enforcement are long gone. Today’s threats are adaptive, user devices are mobile, and applications live everywhere — from on-premises data centers to SaaS platforms. This demands dynamic, context-aware enforcement, where security decisions […]
Introduction Splunk turns your ISE telemetry into searchable, actionable security context. With integration done right, your SOC can pivot from “What just authenticated?” to “Who, from where, with what posture, and what did we do about it?”—in seconds. In this masterclass you’ll build a production-style […]
Introduction When Cisco ISE is the source of truth for identity, posture, and policy, your SIEM is the source of detection, investigation, and response. This day turns you into the glue: you’ll wire ISE to multiple SIEMs (Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, ArcSight) using reliable […]
Introduction In Cisco ISE, every control-plane and data-plane handshake you rely on (Admin GUI, EAP-TLS, Guest/BYOD portals, pxGrid, RADIUS DTLS/RADSEC, SAML, ERS/OpenAPI) is anchored to X.509 certificates. A single expired, mismatched, or incorrectly-assigned cert can take down logins, break posture, or sever pxGrid. Today’s workbook […]
Introduction When an ISE node (PSN, MnT, PAN) fails, is end-of-life, or needs a hardware refresh, you must replace it without breaking 802.1X, posture, guest/BYOD portals, or pxGrid. This Article teaches you the repeatable, zero/near-zero downtime workflows to drain, remove, rebuild, rejoin, re-certify, re-sync, and […]
