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What is TrustSec?
Cisco TrustSec® simplifies the provisioning and management of secure access to network services and applications. By classifying traffic based on the contextual identity of the endpoint versus its IP address, Cisco TrustSec enables more flexible access controls for dynamic networking environments and data centers.
How does Cisco TrustSec work?
Cisco TrustSec uses ingress tagging and egress filtering to enforce access control policy in a scalable manner. Packets entering the domain are tagged with a security group tag (SGT) containing the assigned security group number of the source device.
Is TrustSec Cisco proprietary?
SGTs are based on TrustSec. Initially, this was a Cisco proprietary technology baked into specific application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and not multi-vendor.
What are the main components of Cisco TrustSec?
The key component of Cisco TrustSec is the Cisco Identity Services Engine. It is typical for the Cisco ISE to provision switches with TrustSec Identities and Security Group ACLs (SGACLs), though these may be configured manually.
What is pxGrid?
What is Cisco Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) • It is a framework for sharing ISE contextual information with other security solutions. • Allows security vendors to share topic of information via Dynamic Topics. • Provides enforcement of an organization’s security policy rules violation using.
What are the three phases of TrustSec configuration choose three?
Cisco TrustSec is defined in three phases: classification, propagation, and enforcement.
What is Sxp Cisco?
SXP is a control protocol for propagating IP-to-SGT binding information across network devices that do not have the capability to tag packets. This process allows security services on switches, routers, or firewalls to learn identity information from access devices.
What is Sgt in Cisco?
Cisco TrustSec uses tags to represent logical group privilege. This tag, called a Security Group Tag (SGT), is used in access policies. The SGT is understood and is used to enforce traffic by Cisco switches, routers and firewalls. Cisco TrustSec has two methods of SGT propagation: inline tagging and SXP.