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Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (SISE). Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.
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Certification Overview
This exam tests your mastery of Cisco ISE as a centralized identity and access control platform. You'll be evaluated on configuring authentication methods (802.1X, MAB, BYOD), building and troubleshooting authorization policies, profiling and classifying endpoints, managing guest and web authentication workflows, enforcing posture compliance, and integrating ISE with Active Directory, TACACS+ systems, and third-party security platforms.
What This Certification Proves
This exam validates your ability to implement, deploy, and manage Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for network access control, authentication, and policy enforcement. ISE professionals are critical in modern enterprises, managing who accesses network resources, how devices are profiled, and how security policies are enforced across BYOD and guest scenarios.
Who Should Take This Exam
Network administrators with 2-3 years of experience managing enterprise networks, security engineers responsible for access control, network architects designing NAC solutions, and Cisco infrastructure professionals looking to specialize in identity and access management. CCNA certification or equivalent hands-on networking experience recommended.
Topic Breakdown
7 domains covering 418 questions
| Domain | Questions | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Policy Enforcement | 106 | 25% |
| Architecture And Deployment | 76 | 18% |
| Network Access Device Administration | 63 | 15% |
| Web Auth And Guest Services | 58 | 14% |
| Profiler | 48 | 11% |
| Endpoint Compliance | 36 | 9% |
| Byod | 31 | 7% |
Study Plans
Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level
30 Days
Intensive Sprint
Week 1-2
- Master fundamentals: Policy Enforcement
- Read Cisco official documentation
- Complete 14 questions daily
Week 3
- Deep dive: Architecture And Deployment
- Review weak areas from results
- Take 2 full-length exams
Week 4
- Review all flagged questions
- Timed exams to build stamina
- Final revision of key concepts
60 Days
Balanced Approach
Week 1-2
- Survey all exam domains
- Set up study environment
- Begin with foundational topics
Week 3-4
- Focus: Policy Enforcement
- Focus: Architecture And Deployment
- 7 questions daily
Week 5-6
- Focus: Network Access Device Administration
- Hands-on labs if applicable
- Review explanations for wrong answers
Week 7-8
- Complete all 419 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed tests
90 Days
Comprehensive Study
Month 1
- Learn all exam domains at a comfortable pace
- Build strong foundational knowledge
- 5 questions daily
Month 2
- Deep dive into each domain
- Hands-on practice and labs
- Take weekly timed exams
Month 3
- Work through all 419 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed exams
300-715-Specific Tips
- Master the ISE architecture first - understand admin, policy service, and monitoring nodes, and how they communicate in deployment scenarios
- Get hands-on with ISE 802.1X and RADIUS configuration; these are foundational to 60%+ of practical questions
- Focus heavily on policy enforcement logic - how authorization policies match attributes (device type, user role, endpoint profile) to make access decisions
- Study endpoint profiling deeply - ISE profiles devices by protocol behavior, HTTP signatures, and DHCP characteristics; this directly impacts device access policies
- Practice BYOD and guest services workflows end-to-end (onboarding, certificate installation, BYOD portal, guest portal flows)
- Learn TACACS+ for device administration (router/switch CLI access) - it's distinct from NAC and commonly tested
- Review TrustSec/pxGrid integration patterns - understand how ISE orchestrates with 3rd-party tools and Cisco fabric switches for microsegmentation
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Sample Questions
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An engineer needs to configure a new certificate template in the Cisco ISE Internal Certificate Authority to prevent BYOD devices from needing to re-enroll when their MAC address changes. Which option must be selected in the Subject Alternative Name field?
What allows an endpoint to obtain a digital certificate from Cisco ISE during a BYOD flow?
What is a difference between TACACS+ and RADIUS protocol traffic?
A network administrator must restrict sponsor account privileges for managing guest accounts on Cisco ISE for a new account that is being created. Sponsor groups currently exist for each business unit. The new sponsor that is being added must be restricted to only managing guest accounts created by sponsors from the same sponsor group. In which group must the new sponsor account be configured?
An engineer is configuring Central Web Authentication in Cisco ISE to provide guest access. When an authentication rule is configured in the Default Policy Set for the Wired_MAB or Wireless_MAB conditions, what must be selected for the "if user not found" setting?
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