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An administrator must configure Cisco ISE to authenticate the administrative superuser to manage a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance firewall. The solution must meet the requirements: - The user…
The correct answer is B. Set Default Privilege to 1 and Maximum Privilege to 15 in the TACACS profile. C. Add all authorized admin commands to the TACACS profile. The administrator needs to grant full administrative access to an ASA firewall via Cisco ISE TACACS+ without requiring the 'enable' command, which requires configuring appropriate privilege levels and explicitly defining allowed commands within the TACACS profile.
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An administrator must configure Cisco ISE to authenticate the administrative superuser to manage a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance firewall. The solution must meet the requirements:
- The user must be authenticated against Microsoft AD.
- The user must have full management administrative access to the Cisco
Adaptive Security Appliance firewall.
- The user must not use the enable command.
The configurations were performed:
- joined Cisco ISE to AD and retrieved AD groups
- added the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance firewall
- enabled Device Admin Service in Cisco ISE
- configured TACACS command sets
- configured a TACACS profile
- configured an authorization policy
- configured the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance firewall for
authentication and authorization Which two actions must be performed in Cisco ISE? (Choose two.)
Options
- AConfigure an authentication profile on Cisco ISE.
- BSet Default Privilege to 1 and Maximum Privilege to 15 in the TACACS profile.
- CAdd all authorized admin commands to the TACACS profile.
- DSet Default Privilege to 15 and Maximum Privilege to 15 in the TACACS profile.
- ESelect "Permit any command that is not listed below" in the TACACS profile.
How the community answered
(20 responses)- A5% (1)
- B80% (16)
- D10% (2)
- E5% (1)
Why each option
The administrator needs to grant full administrative access to an ASA firewall via Cisco ISE TACACS+ without requiring the 'enable' command, which requires configuring appropriate privilege levels and explicitly defining allowed commands within the TACACS profile.
An authentication profile primarily manages identity selection and processing for authentication, not the specific privilege levels or command authorization for TACACS+ device administration.
Setting Default Privilege to 1 and Maximum Privilege to 15 in the TACACS profile allows the user to log in at a base privilege and execute commands up to the highest privilege level, granting full administrative access as required. This approach fulfills the requirement of not using the 'enable' command by defining the authorized privilege range directly through TACACS+.
Adding all authorized admin commands to the TACACS profile, typically within linked command sets, is essential for explicit command authorization. This ensures that the superuser has permission to execute the full range of management commands on the ASA, satisfying the 'full management administrative access' requirement.
While setting the Maximum Privilege to 15 is correct for full access, setting the Default Privilege to 15 would bypass starting at a lower level, and more importantly, privilege levels alone do not grant command authorization without explicitly defining commands.
Selecting 'Permit any command that is not listed below' in the TACACS profile typically grants overly broad access and can reduce security, which is generally not suitable for granular administrative control on critical network devices.
Concept tested: Cisco ISE TACACS+ Device Administration and Command Authorization
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/3-0/admin_guide/b_ise_30_admin_guide/b_ise_30_admin_guide_chapter_0110.html#task_83061C80BE404CFDB515A23C910B962E
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