ISEE - Identity Services Engine (ISE) Essentials

This course provides a focused, hands-on introduction to Cisco ISE, equipping you with the practical skills to deploy and manage secure network access. You will explore ISE architecture and design considerations, configure identity sources, and build authentication and authorization policies for wired and wireless users and devices. The course covers certificate-based authentication, identity source selection logic, and Active Directory integration, then moves into endpoint profiling, where you will configure probes, profile policies, and authorization rules to improve network visibility. You will also implement TACACS+ for centralized device administration, including command authorization for granular access control.

• Cisco ISE Evolution, Foundation and Role
• Architecture and Design
• Cisco ISE Installation and Initial Config
• Identity Sources and Authentication Types
• Identity Selection and Resolution Logic
• Active Directory and LDAP Integration
• Cisco ISE Policy Framework
• Authentication Policies
• Authorization Policies
• Profiling Architecture and Capabilities
• Probes and Data Collection
• Profile Policies and Authorization
• Profile Monitoring and Design
• AAA and TACACS+
• TACACS+ Device Administration
• TACACS+ Command Authorization

The following skills are recommended:

• Having a CCNA or equivalent knowledge and skills
• Foundation-level wireless knowledge and skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Active Directory
• Familiarity with 802.1X

• Network security engineers
• ISE administrators
• Wireless network security engineers
• Cisco integrators and partners
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects
• Integrators who install and implement the Cisco ISE
• End users (Cisco customers) desiring the knowledge to install, configure, and deploy Cisco ISE