
How to Turn the Cisco ISE DISA STIG into Repeatable Zero Trust Operations
The Cisco ISE DISA STIG becomes operationally useful when you turn each requirement into an owned control, a reproducible check, a remediation decision, and retained evidence. Do not treat this as a one-time hardening exercise. Assess Cisco ISE in both roles the STIG defines: the network access control policy system and the security-critical platform that makes those access decisions. Key Takeaway: A defensible Cisco ISE zero trust program couples authorization outcomes with management-plane integrity, then reruns the same evidence workflow after every relevant change. ...