700-765 · Question #184
Which feature of ISE enables ecosystem partner platforms to execute network actions with the Cisco network infrastructure?
The correct answer is D. platform exchange grid. pxGrid (Platform Exchange Grid) is the ISE feature that provides a standardized publish-subscribe framework enabling third-party ecosystem partners to share context and trigger network actions.
Question
Which feature of ISE enables ecosystem partner platforms to execute network actions with the Cisco network infrastructure?
Options
- Acontext-aware access
- Bcentralized policy management
- Cdevice profiling
- Dplatform exchange grid
How the community answered
(21 responses)- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D90% (19)
Why each option
pxGrid (Platform Exchange Grid) is the ISE feature that provides a standardized publish-subscribe framework enabling third-party ecosystem partners to share context and trigger network actions.
Context-aware access describes ISE's ability to enforce dynamic policies based on user identity and device posture - it is an outcome of ISE capabilities, not a partner integration framework.
Centralized policy management refers to ISE's function as a single policy authority for the network, not a mechanism for external platforms to execute network actions.
Device profiling is the ISE process that identifies and classifies connected endpoints by analyzing network attributes - it does not enable partner platforms to interact with the infrastructure.
Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) is Cisco ISE's integration bus that allows ecosystem partner platforms to subscribe to and publish contextual data such as session information, endpoint attributes, and security events. Partners can also use pxGrid to execute network enforcement actions like quarantine or adaptive network control without requiring direct device access. This makes it the dedicated feature for third-party platform integration with Cisco network infrastructure.
Concept tested: Cisco ISE pxGrid third-party ecosystem integration
Source: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/pxgrid/
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