Cisco ISE

[Simon Young]

Hi

We are very close to purchasing Cisco ISE but I need to justify why I should choose it, specifcally over Microsoft NPS (which is free).

Can anyone advise me on the benefits or possible issues that they may have encountered, with either product.

Thanks

Simom

[Joseph Johnson]

Are you just wanting basic 802.1x authentication or will you also want to do posture assessment? What about guest/BYOD access?

[Simon Young]

Hi, sorry for the delay I have been out of the office.

I think initially I was looking at 802.1x to secure wired connections and NPS is more than capable of this but

I have some reservations about the moniotoring troubleshooting of issues within NPS, specifically as I have different switches including Cisco, Juniper, HP and just the general interaction/setup

I have been looking at ISE (evaulation) and like to the functionality as its similar to ACS which I already have.

It also seems to me that when you go beyond the basics, dot1x etc Cisco ISE comes into its own

What I really want is a list of can/can't do. So I can compare the two and ultimately get someone to sigh off on the product