topic Re: 5 RFPs Questions in Network Access Control

5 RFPs Questions

mcavinat — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 19:38:24 GMT

Hello folks, I'm answering a RFP with 200+ items and need assistance with the following questions:

1- Multiple Domains - Describe how the NAC solution supports multidomains for user/device authentication. Is it possible to define each domain based on fully qualified domain name (FQDN) info?

2 - Virtualization - Describe the solution's ability to integrate with VM and provide visibility of the virtual host and virtual guest machines.

3 - SDN - Does your policy server integrate with SDN controllers to provide visibility and control? If yes, specify the name of SDN vendors.

4 - Internet of Things (IoT) Visibility - Describe how the NAC solution is addressing discovery of IoT and operational technology (OT) devices, and the level of accuracy for automatic policy enforcement. Does NAC integrate with IoT gateways to collect more granular information?

5 - Ticket System Integration - Does the NAC solution integrate with trouble-ticketing solutions? If yes, briefly describe how it works, and list the vendors.

Any answer you could provide would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Answers should follow this notation:

0 — Functionality not provided: Not included in the proposed system.

1 — Functionality provided; requires customized integration with third party: Vendor has established a relationship with a business partner to provide this functionality, but it requires customization or work-arounds.

2 — Functionality provided by the vendor, but requires customization: The functionality can be accomplished with the vendor’s product, but requires customization or work-arounds.

3 — Functionality provided seamlessly by third-party product: The vendor has established a relationship (for example, as an OEM) with a business partner to provide this functionality, which is integrated in its database management system (DBMS) and requires no customization or work-arounds.

4 — Functionality provided out of the box: The vendor provides the functionality from its own code base. No customization or work-arounds are required.

Re: 5 RFPs Questions

Timothy Abbott — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 14:29:48 GMT

Hi,

1. 4

2. 4

3. 0

4. 4 (on box visibility plus Cisco IND integration)

5. 0

Regards,

-Tim

Re: 5 RFPs Questions

mcavinat — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 14:36:30 GMT

Hello Tim, thank you!

Could you expand a little bit on these 2:

1- Multiple Domains - Describe how the NAC solution supports multidomains for user/device authentication. Is it possible to define each domain based on fully qualified domain name (FQDN) info?

2 - Virtualization - Describe the solution's ability to integrate with VM and provide visibility of the virtual host and virtual guest machines.

Thanks!

Re: 5 RFPs Questions

Timothy Abbott — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 14:43:21 GMT

ISE supports up to 50 different domains out of the box. You can find that information in our documentation. ISE also be deployed with our SNS appliances or can be installed in virtual environments. Customers can create VMs using the ISO provided on cisco.com or use the provided OVAs that are based on the physical appliances. Those can also be found on cisco.com

Regards,

-Tim

Re: 5 RFPs Questions

mcavinat — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:59:42 GMT

Thank you very much Tim!