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350-701 · Question #470

Which feature within Cisco ISE verifies the compliance of an endpoint before providing access to the network?

The correct answer is A. Posture. Cisco ISE's Posture feature is responsible for evaluating the compliance of an endpoint against defined policies before granting network access.

Submitted by yaw92· Mar 30, 2026Secure Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement

Question

Which feature within Cisco ISE verifies the compliance of an endpoint before providing access to the network?

Options

  • APosture
  • BProfiling
  • CpxGrid
  • DMAB

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    89% (31)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

Cisco ISE's Posture feature is responsible for evaluating the compliance of an endpoint against defined policies before granting network access.

APostureCorrect

Cisco ISE's Posture service assesses the compliance of an endpoint by checking its attributes, such as operating system patches, antivirus status, and other security settings, against predefined policies. Based on this compliance check, ISE determines whether to grant, restrict, or deny network access to the endpoint.

BProfiling

Profiling in Cisco ISE identifies and categorizes endpoints based on their network traffic and attributes, but it does not verify their security compliance.

CpxGrid

pxGrid (Platform Exchange Grid) is a Cisco technology for sharing contextual information between various security products, not for performing endpoint compliance checks.

DMAB

MAB (MAC Authentication Bypass) allows devices without 802.1X supplicants to authenticate using their MAC address, not to verify endpoint compliance.

Concept tested: Cisco ISE endpoint posture assessment

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-3/admin_guide/b_ise_admin_guide_23/b_ise_admin_guide_23_chapter_0110.html

Topics

#Cisco ISE#Endpoint Compliance#Network Access Control

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