About the pxGrid Cloud Identity Source

The Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) pxGrid Cloud Identity Source enables you to use subscription and user data from Cisco ISE in cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center access control rules.

The pxGrid cloud identity source enables the use of constantly changing dynamic objects from ISE to be used for user control in access control policies in the cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center.

The pxGrid cloud identity source also uses:

  • The Cisco Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid), which enables multivendor, cross-platform network system collaboration in things like security monitoring and detection systems, network policy platforms, asset and configuration management, identity, and access management. pxGrid Cloud is the cloud-based interface to Cisco ISE.

    More information about pxGrid can be found in resources such as:

  • The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) delivers automation, security, predictive monitoring, and a policy-driven approach. It provides end-to-end network visibility and uses network insights to optimize network performance and deliver the best user and application experience.

    To use the pxGrid cloud identity source with the Cisco Security Cloud Control, you must Create a Cisco DNA Portal account.

Prerequisites:

  • ISE-PIC is not supported

  • Cisco ISE 3.1 patch 3 and all later patches and versions

What to do next

See How the pxGrid Cloud Identity Source Identity Source Works