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Policy Enforcement

Policy Enforcement on 300-715 covers how ISE turns authentication into access control: policy sets, authorization rules, authorization profiles, downloadable ACLs, and TrustSec SGT/SGACL enforcement. Questions test menu paths, default policy set behavior, dACL syntax, and the components that make up a Security Group policy decision.

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What to know about Policy Enforcement

Be able to build a policy set, add authorization rules, and attach an authorization profile that pushes a dACL, VLAN, or SGT. The critical detail is dACL ordering: deny the target subnet first, then permit everything else, remembering the implicit deny.

Ordered evaluation of policy sets and authorization rules, including the Default policy set fallback behavior

Authorization Profile configuration under Policy > Policy Elements > Results, including dACL and VLAN attributes

dACL syntax with permit/deny ACEs and the implicit deny ip any any terminal line

TrustSec Security Group components: SGT classification, SGACL enforcement, and SXP or inline tagging propagation

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Common Policy Enforcement exam traps

  • ▸Forgetting that a dACL ends with an implicit deny, so a final permit ip any any is required to allow remaining traffic
  • ▸Assuming the Default policy set can be deleted; it is the fallback and cannot be removed
  • ▸Confusing authorization profiles (results) with authorization policy rules (conditions), and editing the wrong object

Question index

All Policy Enforcement questions (57)

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1

What is the primary benefit of using a Policy Set compared to the legacy 'Rule-Based' approach in ISE?

Easy
2

Which THREE of the following are steps required to configure Cisco ISE for TACACS+ command authorization?

Hard
3

Which Cisco ISE construct is used to combine authentication and authorization policies into a single logical container?

Easy
4

Which TWO of the following are types of Identity Sources in ISE?

Easy
5

You need to ensure that different network devices trigger different authorization policies based on their location. What is the best way to group these devices for policy conditions?

Medium
6

A user is authenticating using EAP-TLS. Where is the certificate validation policy configured in ISE?

Medium
7

A network engineer is deploying Cisco ISE to enforce Security Group Tags (SGTs) in a wired environment. The engineer wants to ensure that the SGT is assigned to the endpoint during authorization and that the switch enforces the SGT-based policy. Which two actions are required to enable SGT enforcement on the switch? (Choose two.)

Hard
8

You are implementing 'Device Administration' (TACACS+) and want to restrict an admin to 'show' commands only. How do you construct this policy?

Hard
9

In an ISE Authorization Policy, what happens if no rules match a request?

Medium
10

A TACACS+ command authorization policy is failing to restrict specific configuration changes on a Cisco IOS device. Which field in the TACACS+ Profile must be correctly configured to ensure the command list is evaluated?

Hard
11

When using TACACS+ for device administration, what role does the 'Shell Profile' play?

Medium
12

Which ISE menu path is used to create a new Authorization Profile?

Easy
13

During an 802.1X process, the NAD sends an Access-Request with a specific Calling-Station-ID. If ISE does not find this in its Endpoint DB, what is the default behavior for the 'Unknown' status?

Hard
14

A guest user is failing authentication because they are hitting the wrong policy set. How can you ensure the guest traffic is matched to the 'Guest' policy set?

Hard
15

Which TWO of the following are valid components of an ISE Authorization Policy rule?

Medium
16

Which component in ISE defines the 'result' of an authorization rule?

Easy
17

Which THREE of the following items can be included in an ISE 'Common Task' for authorization?

Hard
18

When configuring a dACL for a guest user, what is the mandatory format for the access control list entries?

Easy
19

You have a policy set where authentication succeeds, but the user is hitting the 'Default' authorization rule instead of the expected rule. What should you check first?

Medium
20

Which option in an Authorization Profile allows you to specify a URL for a WebAuth redirect?

Medium
21

A user is failing to receive the expected dACL. The ISE logs show the correct authorization rule was matched, but the dACL is not applied. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
22

Which of the following is an example of an 'Exception' policy in ISE?

Medium
23

Which TWO of the following authentication protocols are supported by ISE for 802.1X?

Easy
24

You are configuring a policy set for wireless clients and need to ensure that only devices matching a specific internal endpoint group are granted access. Where should you define this requirement in the Cisco ISE policy set?

Medium
25

When troubleshooting a failed authorization, which ISE live log column identifies the specific rule that was matched?

Hard
26

A user is authenticated, but their authorization profile returns the wrong VLAN. Which troubleshooting tool in ISE is best suited to verify the attributes sent to the NAD?

Medium
27

You need to ensure that only specific MAC OUI addresses are allowed to connect via MAB. Where do you configure this restriction?

Medium
28

Which THREE of the following are components of a Cisco TrustSec 'Security Group' policy enforcement?

Hard
29

A user is assigned an SGT, but the switch does not apply the correct filtering. What is the most likely reason for the SGACL enforcement failure?

Hard
30

Which THREE components are required to successfully deploy a Scalable Group Access (SGA) policy for SGT enforcement?

Hard
31

When configuring a TACACS+ command authorization policy for network device management, where do you define which specific commands a user is allowed to execute?

Medium
32

A security administrator is configuring a policy set in Cisco ISE to enforce different authorization policies based on the endpoint's posture status. The administrator wants to ensure that non-compliant endpoints are placed in a remediation VLAN. Which condition should be used in the authorization policy to match endpoints that have failed posture assessment?

Medium
33

You want to implement a 'Change of Authorization' (CoA) after a user changes their location. How is the CoA triggered by ISE?

Hard
34

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to restrict access based on posture status in ISE?

Medium
35

You are troubleshooting SGT propagation. If an SGT is not being embedded in the SXP protocol, what should you verify?

Hard
36

What is the purpose of an Authorization Profile's 'Common Tasks'?

Easy
37

You have multiple Policy Sets. When ISE evaluates incoming RADIUS requests, which mechanism determines which Policy Set is matched?

Medium
38

An administrator wants to apply a dACL to a user session. Which Cisco ISE component must be configured to ensure the dACL is correctly pushed to the network access device?

Medium
39

Which THREE of the following are valid components of a RADIUS-based Authorization Policy rule in Cisco ISE?

Medium
40

A network engineer is configuring an authorization policy in Cisco ISE to enforce SGT-based segmentation on a Catalyst 9000 switch. The engineer wants to assign a static SGT to endpoints that authenticate via 802.1X and belong to a specific Active Directory group. The switch is already configured with 'cts manual' and 'propagate sgt' on the trunk. Which ISE configuration is required to assign the SGT to the endpoint?

Medium
41

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using the Cisco TrustSec architecture?

Medium
42

You need to apply a dACL that denies all traffic to a specific server subnet (10.1.1.0/24) while permitting everything else. What is the correct syntax for the last line of the dACL?

Hard
43

You are configuring a policy set in Cisco ISE for wireless clients. You need to ensure that the policy set only applies to requests originating from a specific WLC. Which condition should you use?

Medium
44

You have a Cisco switch that supports both RADIUS and TACACS+. When using ISE for device administration, which protocol is mandatory for command-level authorization?

Hard
45

What is the function of the 'Default' policy set in ISE?

Easy
46

You are configuring a policy to block access for non-compliant devices. Where do you configure the posture status as a policy condition?

Hard
47

A customer needs to block access to a specific server subnet for all employees except the IT department. Which method is most scalable using Cisco TrustSec?

Hard
48

When using TACACS+ for device administration, which result object is used to define the privilege level of the user?

Medium
49

A network administrator is implementing a TACACS+ command authorization policy on Cisco ISE for a group of network devices. The administrator wants to allow users in the 'NetOps' group to execute only 'show' commands and deny all other commands. The policy set for TACACS+ device administration is already configured with the correct conditions. Where in ISE should the administrator define the permitted commands and associate them with the 'NetOps' group?

Hard
50

Which TWO of the following are true regarding the order of operations in Cisco ISE policy evaluation?

Hard
51

Which option in the Cisco ISE Authorization Policy allows you to set a specific VLAN for a wireless client?

Easy
52

Which TWO of the following are valid locations to check for policy match results in ISE?

Medium
53

When a device connects to a port, it is put into 'Monitoring Mode'. What is the purpose of this state?

Medium
54

Which THREE of the following are found in an Authorization Profile's 'Advanced Attributes'?

Medium
55

Which TWO of the following steps are required to implement SGT-based enforcement using an SXP connection?

Hard
56

When configuring a policy set, which attribute is most commonly used to distinguish between a Wired and Wireless request?

Medium
57

In the ISE Policy Set, which component is used to define the user credentials' verification method?

Easy

Frequently asked questions

What does the Policy Enforcement domain cover on the SISE exam?
Be able to build a policy set, add authorization rules, and attach an authorization profile that pushes a dACL, VLAN, or SGT. The critical detail is dACL ordering: deny the target subnet first, then permit everything else, remembering the implicit deny.
How many questions are in this domain?
This page lists all 57 Policy Enforcement questions in the SISE question bank. The actual exam draws from this domain proportionally to its weighting in the official exam blueprint.
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