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Product	Cisco Identity Services Engine by Cisco View product	Check Point Identity Awareness by Check Point View product
Overview
What it is	Cisco Identity Services Engine delivers BYOD onboarding for network access control. Explore its Identity Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	Check Point Identity Awareness: Active Directory integration and captive portal authentication. Built for forensic user tracking. Compare Identity Security alternatives.
Product type	Network Access Control (NAC) & Policy Engine	Identity Awareness Software Blade
Best for	Cross-industry, Healthcare, Higher Education, Financial Services, Government, Retail	Finance, Government, Enterprise, Education, Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises appliance; Virtual machine; Cloud (AWS, Azure); Physical hardware appliance; Virtual appliance (VMware ESXi, KVM); Cloud (AWS, Azure)	Gateway Software Blade / Virtual Appliance; Software Blade on Quantum & CloudGuard Gateways
Data residency	On-premises / customer-managed cloud tenant	Deployable globally on enterprise gateways
Key features
What it offers	Network access control (NAC) 802.1X device authentication Dynamic endpoint profiling Guest access management BYOD onboarding TrustSec Security Group Tagging (SGT) Posture assessment Network access control	Active Directory integration Captive portal authentication Endpoint identity agent Identity sharing across gateways User-based firewall rules Identity-based firewalling Secure internal micro-segmentation Forensic user tracking
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise wired switchesWireless LAN controllersVPN gateways	Check Point Quantum GatewaysCloudGuard Gateways
Compliance	FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001	PCI-DSSHIPAASOXISO/IEC 27001NIST SP 800-53
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco Catalyst CenterCisco Cyber VisionCisco Secure ClientActive DirectoryMDMs (Intune, Jamf)SIEM platforms	Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPMicrosoft Entra IDCisco ISEAruba ClearPass
Industries	Cross-industryHealthcareHigher EducationFinancial ServicesGovernmentRetail	FinanceGovernmentEnterpriseEducationCross-industryFinancial Services+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Check Point
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Tel Aviv, Israel
Company size	80,000+	5,000+
Founded	1984	1993

Cisco Identity Services Engine

by Cisco

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Check Point Identity Awareness

by Check Point

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco Identity Services Engine delivers BYOD onboarding for network access control. Explore its Identity Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

Check Point Identity Awareness

Check Point Identity Awareness: Active Directory integration and captive portal authentication. Built for forensic user tracking. Compare Identity Security alternatives.

Product type

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Network Access Control (NAC) & Policy Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Identity Awareness Software Blade

Best for

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cross-industry, Healthcare, Higher Education, Financial Services, Government, Retail

Check Point Identity Awareness

Finance, Government, Enterprise, Education, Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Contact Vendor

Check Point Identity Awareness

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Identity Services Engine

CloudOn-Premise

Check Point Identity Awareness

Cloud

Deployment details

Cisco Identity Services Engine

On-premises appliance; Virtual machine; Cloud (AWS, Azure); Physical hardware appliance; Virtual appliance (VMware ESXi, KVM); Cloud (AWS, Azure)

Check Point Identity Awareness

Gateway Software Blade / Virtual Appliance; Software Blade on Quantum & CloudGuard Gateways

Data residency

Cisco Identity Services Engine

On-premises / customer-managed cloud tenant

Check Point Identity Awareness

Deployable globally on enterprise gateways

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Network access control (NAC)
802.1X device authentication
Dynamic endpoint profiling
Guest access management
BYOD onboarding
TrustSec Security Group Tagging (SGT)
Posture assessment
Network access control

Check Point Identity Awareness

Active Directory integration
Captive portal authentication
Endpoint identity agent
Identity sharing across gateways
User-based firewall rules
Identity-based firewalling
Secure internal micro-segmentation
Forensic user tracking

Platform & access

API access

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Multi-tenant

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Mobile app

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Check Point Identity Awareness

Supported platforms

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Enterprise wired switchesWireless LAN controllersVPN gateways

Check Point Identity Awareness

Check Point Quantum GatewaysCloudGuard Gateways

Compliance

Cisco Identity Services Engine

FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Check Point Identity Awareness

PCI-DSSHIPAASOXISO/IEC 27001NIST SP 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco Catalyst CenterCisco Cyber VisionCisco Secure ClientActive DirectoryMDMs (Intune, Jamf)SIEM platforms

Check Point Identity Awareness

Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPMicrosoft Entra IDCisco ISEAruba ClearPass

Industries

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cross-industryHealthcareHigher EducationFinancial ServicesGovernmentRetail

Check Point Identity Awareness

FinanceGovernmentEnterpriseEducationCross-industryFinancial Services+1 more

Regions

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Global

Check Point Identity Awareness

Global

Vendor

Company

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco

Check Point Identity Awareness

Check Point

Headquarters

Cisco Identity Services Engine

San Jose, California, USA

Check Point Identity Awareness

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company size

Cisco Identity Services Engine

80,000+

Check Point Identity Awareness

5,000+

Founded

Cisco Identity Services Engine

1984

Check Point Identity Awareness

1993