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Army GEMSS-hosted Cisco Identity Services Engine – Security Seminars

World Wide Technology (WWT) through the Army Global Enterprise Modernization Software and Services (GEMSS) program, regularly offers the Army 1-Day security seminar events to learn more about Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). These comprehensive seminars are delivered by our technology-specific Subject Matter Experts and will include interactive workshops, training, and lab demos for both ISE 101 (morning session) and ISE 102 (afternoon session). Attendees gain valuable insights into new technologies, best practices, and how to effectively integrate ISE into their current environments. In addition, continental breakfast and lunch is provided to all in-person attendees during the day long seminar.

The Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) morning and afternoon sessions are structured as a hybrid workshop and delivered by a technology-specific Subject Matter Expert in a workshop format, either virtually via the customer's preferred meeting application or onsite at the customer's location. WWT has the capability to tailor each session to the unique customer skill levels and technologies deployed within the customers installed base.  In addition to the morning and afternoon sessions, a WWT Army GEMSS Expert provides an Army GEMSS contract overview to all attending during the lunch break.

Goals & Objectives for the morning and afternoon ISE Security Seminar Sessions:

Our expert-led security seminars help you gain a better understanding of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) technologies and solutions. Upon completion, attedees will have the working knowledge and skills to develop, deploy and maintain ISE within your environment.

Morning Seminar Details:

The following sections each take an hour to cover baseline knowledge and best practices specific to the section: 

  • AAA basics and ISE Licensing
  • Deployment Best Practices- Planning, & Staging
  • ISE Deployment: Network Access Devices
  • ISE Access Control: Wireless
  • ISE Access Control: Wired and 802.1X
  • CA setup, ISE Cert Based AuthN & AuthZ
  • ISE Guest Access: WebAuth, Profile Builder
  • TACACS+ Device Administration

Afternoon Seminar Details:

The following sections each take an hour to cover baseline knowledge, implementation best practices, and "gotchas" specific to the section: 

  • ISE VPN Remote Access Setup and Best Practices
  • ISE Profiling and Custom profiling
  • ISE Access Control: BYOD
  • ISE Posture and Endpoint Compliance
  • ISE Access Control: SGT (scalable/security group tags), Easy Connect, and TrustSec
  • ISE Troubleshooting Best Practices
  • ISE PxGrid and ISE PIC
  • ISE Certification requirements for C2C (Comply to Connect) and WIPS

WWT's hosted Cisco ISE Security Seminars are a unique benefit available to the US Army through the Army GEMSS contract as a value added service and is available to all Army organizations.  Over the past six months, WWT has presented Cisco ISE Security Seminars at:

  • July 2024 – Redstone Army Arsenal
  • August 2024 – Fort Eisenhower – TECHNET Augusta (GCCC)
  • October 2024 – Maneuver Battle Lab, Fort Moore, GA
  • October 2024 – Fort Shafter – TECHNET IndoPacific (WWT Offices Honolulu)

Future Cisco ISE Security Seminars are planned for:

  • February 2025 - Cisco LIVE Amsterdam
  • February 2025 – Fort Huachuca – Fort Huachuca Tech Day
  • May 2025 – Fort Belvoir – AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days
  • June 2025 – Cisco Live - San Diego
  • September 2025 – Fort Liberty

For further information on WWT's Cisco ISE Security Seminars or to schedule an in-person or virtual  training event, please contact WWT at: usarmyciscogemss@wwt.com. 

We encourage all Army end users to visit the Army GEMSS Digital Modernization Community Page and become a member of the community. WWT Army GEMSS experts are available to support your questions and welcome feedback. 

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