We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Skybox Security Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."For me, the TACACS feature is the most valuable. I have also used Cisco ISE with LDAP, not with Active Directory. That works for me because I prefer LDAP versus Active Directory."
"The features that do work, work well, and we use it on a daily basis."
"With NAC, the profiling feature is valuable. We're able to see what we have out there in the network and dynamically assign policies to it. We can then use that to enforce TrustSec policy or anything else with NAC."
"Cisco ISE is a powerful solution. It gives us the ability to control who's accessing our network, and Cisco has made it very easy."
"The interface is pretty easy to use."
"I love the policy sets, they are really nice and dynamic."
"They have recently made a lot of improvements. My clients don't have much to complain about."
"Cisco ISE's integration with other external identity servers like Duende is very simple and easy."
"Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful."
"I think that compliance checks and policy compliance are the product's good features."
"Correlates logs and threats and prioritizes; provides network maps;p provides change result context and resulting vulnerability."
"I am impressed with the tool's change management, firewall and network assurance."
"We are currently working on rule review and compliance. The logging features are good."
"Aside from Firewall Assurance, we are using Network Assurance and Change Manager for an overview of the whole network and for documenting requests and the recertification of the ruleset."
"The most impressive feature is optimization and clean-up."
"Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integration is easy, and I have integrated it with Fortinet firewalls."
"The licensing documentation needs to be better."
"I would like to see integration with other vendors, and the RADIUS integration needs to be improved a little bit."
"We would definitely like to see a little bit of an improvement in the web GUI navigation. Some of the things are a little bit hidden in the drop-down menu. If we could get a way to get to those quicker, it'd be much more useful."
"The web UI should be made similar to the one in DNAC."
"Third-party integration is important, as well as the continuous adaptation feature which is the AIOps. It would be helpful to include the AIOps."
"The area where things could be improved is education. It's complicated to deploy initially because you have to know what you're getting into."
"Cisco ISE requires a lot of time-consuming administration."
"Deploying to a machine, as opposed to a dedicated appliance, can be a bit difficult."
"During implementation, we realised approximately 30 devices were not supported by the Skybox platform."
"Modifications and the deletion of existing policies are currently unavailable."
"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."
"The solution was quite technical. It would be easier to manage if the solution was more specific about aspects of the solution and provided more advisory around how to use it effectively. It would help users a lot if they were more clear about everything."
"The support could be improved."
"There are multiple dashboards but no custom dashboard. It would be good to include a custom dashboard so that we can actually choose which field and what kinds of things we want to look at."
"The initial setup with Skybox Security is hard. You need one or two strong security engineers on your team."
"Reporting. A lot of the reports, out of the box, are limited to a certain number of either configuration violations or access rule violations. So when you first set up a new firewall to be monitored by Skybox, you don't get a real full report. You have to really tweak it to get everything."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 137 reviews while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 19th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and RedSeal.
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