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Federal Government

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on a March 2021 survey of Cisco ISE customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

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Challenges

Chose Cisco ISE because:

  • ISE improves their cyber profile by integrating with their existing security products to provide continual trusted access
  • They trust Cisco’s strategy and customer service to achieve their security outcomes
  • Cisco’s comprehensive security portfolio makes their ISE investment more valuable
  • ISE is an integral piece of their zero-trust strategy to control access based on least privilege

Use Case

Integrated the following Cisco products with Cisco ISE

  • DNA Center
  • Secure Firewall (Firepower NGFW)
  • Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco ISE:

  • ISE makes them feel more confident in their ability to:
    • Gain asset visibility – knowing who and what’s on their network
    • Assure endpoint compliance – validating device security posture before granting access
    • Build network segmentation – using the network itself to enforce access policy
    • Automate threat containment – context sharing through integration with other security products to stop threats
    • Administer devices – protecting privileged access (TACACS+)
    • Secure trusted access – providing guests and contractors quick access
  • Cisco ISE helped them to:
    • Provide actionable visibility on the users and devices on the network
    • Minimize their risk of unsecure/unknown devices entering the network
    • Maintain compliance with regulatory requirements
  • Achieved the following value through Cisco ISE integrations:
    • Bringing external context into ISE for better access policy decisions
    • Sharing context out from ISE to other technologies for better access policy decisions
    • Bringing context into ISE to automate threat containment
  • Rates the following aspects of their experience with Cisco ISE as Excellent:
    • Performance
    • Capability
    • Reliability
    • Scalability
    • Deployment

Organization Profile

The organization featured in this case study asked to have its name publicly blinded because publicly endorsing vendors is against their policies.

TechValidate stands behind the authenticity of this data.

Organization Size:
Federal

Industry:
Government

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Source: TechValidate survey of a Federal Government
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  Published: Aug. 31, 2021   TVID: E9A-E2F-13B




About This Data

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

TechValidate verifies the identity and organizational affiliation of all participants that contribute to published research data. When research participants so desire, we also guarantee their anonymity so that they may share information honestly and freely.


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