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Product	Venafi Machine Identity Protection by CyberArk View product	Cisco Identity Services Engine by Cisco View product
Overview
What it is	Venafi Machine Identity Protection: policy enforcement and SSH key management. Built for certificate outage prevention. Compare Identity Security alternatives.	Cisco Identity Services Engine delivers BYOD onboarding for network access control. Explore its Identity Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.
Product type	Machine Identity Management Platform	Network Access Control (NAC) & Policy Engine
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Technology	Cross-industry, Healthcare, Higher Education, Financial Services, Government, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS; Self-hosted	On-premises appliance; Virtual machine; Cloud (AWS, Azure); Physical hardware appliance; Virtual appliance (VMware ESXi, KVM); Cloud (AWS, Azure)
Data residency	US and EU hosting regions (SaaS); customer-controlled (self-hosted)	On-premises / customer-managed cloud tenant
Key features
What it offers	Certificate discovery and inventory TLS certificate lifecycle automation Policy enforcement Kubernetes certificate management SSH key management Code signing protection Firefly workload issuer Hundreds of integrations	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
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	WindowsLinuxKubernetesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud	Enterprise wired switchesWireless LAN controllersVPN gateways
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001	FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	DigiCertSectigoMicrosoft AD CSAWS Certificate ManagerF5CitrixKubernetes cert-managerHashiCorp Vault+2 more	Cisco Catalyst CenterCisco Cyber VisionCisco Secure ClientActive DirectoryMDMs (Intune, Jamf)SIEM platforms
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailTechnology	Cross-industryHealthcareHigher EducationFinancial ServicesGovernmentRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	CyberArk	Cisco
Headquarters	Newton, Massachusetts, USA	San Jose, California, USA
Company size	5,000+	80,000+
Founded	1999	1984

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

by CyberArk

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Cisco Identity Services Engine

by Cisco

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Overview

What it is

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Venafi Machine Identity Protection: policy enforcement and SSH key management. Built for certificate outage prevention. Compare Identity Security alternatives.

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.

Product type

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Machine Identity Management Platform

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Network Access Control (NAC) & Policy Engine

Best for

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Technology

Cisco Identity Services Engine

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Contact Vendor

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Deployment

Deployment options

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Cisco Identity Services Engine

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS; Self-hosted

Cisco Identity Services Engine

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

Data residency

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

US and EU hosting regions (SaaS); customer-controlled (self-hosted)

Cisco Identity Services Engine

On-premises / customer-managed cloud tenant

Key features

What it offers

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Certificate discovery and inventory
TLS certificate lifecycle automation
Policy enforcement
Kubernetes certificate management
SSH key management
Code signing protection
Firefly workload issuer
Hundreds of integrations

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

Platform & access

API access

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Single sign-on (SSO)

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Role-based access (RBAC)

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Multi-tenant

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Mobile app

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Supported platforms

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

WindowsLinuxKubernetesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Enterprise wired switchesWireless LAN controllersVPN gateways

Compliance

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

Cisco Identity Services Engine

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

DigiCertSectigoMicrosoft AD CSAWS Certificate ManagerF5CitrixKubernetes cert-managerHashiCorp Vault+2 more

Cisco Identity Services Engine

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

Industries

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailTechnology

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cross-industryHealthcareHigher EducationFinancial ServicesGovernmentRetail

Regions

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Global

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Global

Vendor

Company

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

CyberArk

Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco

Headquarters

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Cisco Identity Services Engine

San Jose, California, USA

Company size

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

5,000+

Cisco Identity Services Engine

80,000+

Founded

Venafi Machine Identity Protection

1999

Cisco Identity Services Engine

1984