TechValidate Research on Cisco Identity Services Engine


Cisco Identity Services Engine Case Study

Community Healthcare System

Introduction

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

“Cisco ISE allows us to gain awareness of everything hitting our network. It provides access consistently and efficiently and helps us relieve the stress of complex access management.”

“Cisco ISE has given us greater insight to what is on our network.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company 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
  • The following IT trends are driving the need for Cisco ISE:
    • Secure Network Access
    • IoT

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Identity Services Engine that the surveyed company uses:

  • Version 2.1 of Cisco ISE.

Results

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

  • Enables organizations to:
    • See users and devices on their network
    • Secure access
    • Ensure endpoint compliance (i.e. Posture)
    • Segment their network
  • Achieved the following outcomes using Cisco ISE:
    • Provide actionable intelligence on the users and devices on the network
    • Comply with regulatory requirements
  • Is currently extremely satisfied with ISE.
  • Finds the following Cisco ISE feature to be most valuable:
    • Context visibility




About This Data

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

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