350-701 Practice Question: Secure Network Access, Visibility and Enforcement
An engineer is configuring ISE for guest access via a sponsor portal. The policy requires that a sponsor must approve each guest. However, guests are being automatically approved without sponsor interaction. What is the most likely misconfiguration?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The guest portal's 'Access setting' is set to 'Self-Registration' instead of 'Sponsor Approval'
The guest portal's 'Access setting' must be configured to require sponsor approval. If it is set to 'Self-Registration', guests are automatically approved upon registration without any sponsor action, which matches the described symptom. Option B is incorrect because email notifications to sponsors are optional and do not affect the approval process itself. Option C is incorrect because the sponsor group assignment determines which users can act as sponsors, not whether approval is required. Option D is incorrect because profiling a guest endpoint as a known device would affect authentication methods, not the approval workflow.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The guest portal's 'Access setting' is set to 'Self-Registration' instead of 'Sponsor Approval'
Why this is correct
If the portal is set to self-registration, guests are automatically approved. It must be set to sponsor approval to require manual approval.
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The guest portal is not configured to send email notifications to sponsors
Why it's wrong here
Email notifications do not affect approval; they only notify.
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The sponsor user account is assigned to the wrong sponsor group
Why it's wrong here
Sponsor group affects who can approve, but if the portal is set to auto-approve, sponsor group doesn't matter.
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The guest endpoint is being profiled as a known device
Why it's wrong here
Profiling does not override portal approval settings.
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