Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Review
November 03, 2023

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Review

Ahmed Radwan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

So the identity service engine is the NAC, network access control, and we configure it to make sure that unauthorized people cannot get into the network, whether it's wireless or wired connections.
  • I'm happy with the dynamic. The Dynamic Access Control Lists where we have multiple departments, people, or users from different departments. Whenever they plug their laptops in different sockets, they still get the same correct VLAN. And this is one of the features that we heavily use. So people can roam into the building and if I work for HR, for example, I plug in my laptop, I still be part of the HR VLAN for security.
  • I would say with the logging, I'm not happy with the logging, right? It's not clear. And sending also the logs to a central SIEM box is not quite easy. I faced all those issues with the logging. The logging of the box is not that good.
  • Well, definitely securing the network, which is part of my job, and making sure that unauthorized personnel don't access unauthorized data. So definitely this is something that we work on hard.
I've always used the Cisco ISE. I can't remember using other products.

Do you think Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) go as expected?

No

Would you buy Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) again?

Yes

I like the idea of that box of the Cisco ISE integrating with the WLC, Cisco wireless controllers. This gives us a lot of room for flexibility. So yeah, that's something I like about it.