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Cisco ISE NAC Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000343-NAC-001460
The Cisco ISE must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a connection and proceeding with posture assessment. This is required for compliance with C2C Step 4.
The Cisco ISE must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a connection and proceeding with posture assessment. This is required for compliance with C2C Step 4. An XCCDF Rule
The Cisco ISE must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing a connection and proceeding with posture assessment. This is required for compliance with C2C Step 4.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. However, failure to authenticate an endpoint does not need to result in connection termination or preclude compliance assessment. This is particularly true for unmanaged systems or when the Cisco ISE is performing network discovery.
Authentication methods for NAC on access switches are MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB), or 802.1x.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>