Информационное Руководство для Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine 1.2

 

 

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Customer Case Study 

●  Public Sector 
●  Western Australia 
●  1200 Employees 

●  Develop a fully integrated, centrally managed 

network security system. 

●  Provide secure services and connectivity to 

thousands of visitors and employees.  

●  Secure multiple networks and information to 

protect city data. 

●  Cisco Identity Services Engine 
●  Implemented across both private and public 

networks 

●  Transparent security for public sector 

networks 

●  Better worker productivity for government 

employees and contractors 

●  Increased use of public domains by citizens 

and visitors 

●  Data#3 

●  DimensionData 

 

Transforming the City of Stirling into a City of 
the Future 

West Australian municipality secures advanced government and citizen services with 
Cisco

®

 Identity Services Engine. 

The City of Stirling lies in the northern suburbs of the Western 

Australian capital city of Perth. With a population of approximately 

220,000 and covering an area of 105.2 square kilometers, the city is 

the largest local government area in the state.   

For the past several years, this forward-looking city has invested in 

an IT vision designed to transform its infrastructure into the next 

generation of secure, centralized networking. Its roadmap supports a 

wide range of city functions including government offices, properties, 

field operators (such as park staff and property inspectors), and 

public assistance. It also covers recreation areas, golf courses, and 
the beachfront. In total, the city’s WAN supports more than 30 

locations, with an additional 15 public Wi-Fi hotspots.  

However, securing this far-reaching capability has created a 
challenge for administrators. “We wanted one centralized solution for 
identity management,” says Peter Bennington, Chief Technology 

Officer (CT

O) for the City of Stirling. “It needed to be a simplified 

approach that would integrate with other strategies on both our public 
and private networks.” 

Furthermore, the new security strategy had to be highly scalable. 

The city government and its contractors total approximately 1200 

users, but with a popular beachfront zone, the number of visitors on 

the Stirling network is often up to thousands at a time. The city also 

continues to experience steady population growth.  

“With continuous anticipated expansion and growing usage, we knew we had to be able to provide good 
performance that would support a quality user experience,” Bennington says. “And, especially on the corporate 

side, we needed very high availability. We already had a significant investment in Cisco technologies. For all these 

reasons, we chose t

he Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for our identity management solution.” 

The Stirling Security Solution 

From the time Stirling began to rely on a mobile workforce, it was understood that a strong security solution would 

need to be deployed. The IT roadmap called for a fully integrated security approach that enables central control 

and management across VPNs, Wi-Fi, LANs and WANs.