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Cisco ISE

Cisco ISE is the Cisco Identity Services Engine, a network identity control plane that provides visibility, context and policy enforcement across network connections. It profiles managed and unmanaged endpoints, applies least-privilege segmentation using Security Group Tags, VLANs and downloadable ACLs, and shares context with other tools through pxGrid. It runs on Secure Network Server appliances, as a virtual appliance or in supported clouds, with Essentials, Advantage and Premier license tiers.

Cisco ISE is a Cisco product filed under Network Security Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 4 versions listed, latest 3.1 and 3.2.

Source: Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - Cisco, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

Releases and Lifecycle

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Release and support dates as published by Cisco; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cisco ISE 4 versions
VersionEnd of standard supportEnd of extended supportEnd of lifeSource
3.1 and 3.2Cisco End-of-Life PolicyAnnounced 2025-05-05. Standard support date is when only critical security and severity 1 fixes are published; extended date is the end of software maintenance releases; end of life is the last date of support.[3]

Lifecycle Policy

  • Cisco End-of-Life Policy. Cisco announces end-of-sale about six months ahead and typically provides TAC support for three years for operating-system software and two years for application software from the end-of-sale date. [2]
Sources 4
  1. End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Versions 3.1 and 3.2 retrieved 2026-10-13
  2. End of Life Announcement for the Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Version 3.0 retrieved 2026-10-13
  3. End of Life Announcement for the Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Version 2.7 retrieved 2026-10-13
  4. End of Life Announcement for the Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Version 2.6 retrieved 2026-10-13

Licensing Data

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Metrics 3

ISE Device AdminOtherISE Subscription (active endpoint)DeviceISE Virtual Machine LicenseOther

SKUs 6

Cisco Identity Services Engine Advantage SubscriptionISE-A-LICCisco Identity Services Engine Essentials SubscriptionISE-E-LICCisco Identity Services Engine Premier SubscriptionISE-P-LICCisco Identity Services Engine SubscriptionISE-SEC-SUBCisco ISE Device Admin LicenseL-ISE-TACACS-ND=Cisco ISE Virtual Machine Common PIDR-ISE-VMC-K9=

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