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Cisco Identity Services Engine Case Study

Jackson-Madison County School System

Introduction

This case study of Jackson-Madison County School System is based on an April 2017 survey of Cisco Identity Services Engine customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Cisco ISE has made a big impact. It has made it easy to send staff and student logins over wireless to the proper VLANs. This keeps them separated and makes it easier for the firewall to deliver proper content filtering.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Identity Services Engine:

  • Purchased Cisco ISE for the following reasons:
    • Preference and trust in Cisco Systems, Inc.
    • Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
    • Superior user and device visibility
    • Range of capabilities
    • Scalability
  • The following IT trends are driving the need for Cisco ISE:
    • Secure Network Access
    • Mobility
    • BYOD

Use Case

The key feature and functionality of Cisco Identity Services Engine that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Is using version 2.1 of Cisco ISE.

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Identity Services Engine:

  • Enables organizations to:
    • See users and devices on their network
    • Secure access
    • Manage guest services
    • Provide BYOD or enterprise mobility
  • Achieved the following outcomes using Cisco ISE:
    • Provide actionable intelligence on the users and devices on the network
    • Give employees the flexibility to work anywhere on any device securely
  • Is currently very satisfied with ISE.
  • Finds the following Cisco ISE features to be most valuable:
    • Work centers
    • TACACS+
    • Easy Connect




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of Cisco Identity Services Engine by TechValidate.

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