Question 1
A network access incident review reveals: A network operations contractor may execute show commands for diagnostics but must not make interface or routing configuration changes on managed switches. Which technical limitation best explains this behavior?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The underlying principle is: TACACS+ command authorization uses an explicit command set and matching authorization rule, separately from successful login to the device. Address this by: Create a restrictive TACACS command set permitting intended read-only commands and associate it with the contractor's authorization result. The confirming operational observation is: The contractor runs approved show commands, while a configuration command is denied and recorded without affecting the active switch configuration.
Incorrect Answers
An ISE TACACS shell profile can return session privilege attributes, which must match the operator's role and device requirements. “Assign a suitable limited shell profile in the relevant device administration authorization rule and test the effective privilege level” would remedy that alternative situation, but it would not correct the present issue: TACACS+ command authorization uses an explicit command set and matching authorization rule, separately from successful login to the device.
“Enable supported TACACS+ device administration service and configure NAD AAA to use the appropriate ISE device administration policy” is the supported response when RADIUS network access authorization and TACACS+ device administration offer different policy and command-control capabilities in ISE. Here the decisive response is “Create a restrictive TACACS command set permitting intended read-only commands and associate it with the contractor's authorization result”, so that different intervention does not meet the stated requirement.
Authentication records identify login attempts, whereas TACACS+ command accounting needs separate device configuration to report executed administrative actions. “Enable supported TACACS+ command accounting on the network device and ensure the ISE monitoring service retains the records” applies to that other condition. The reported evidence is a network operations contractor may execute show commands for diagnostics but must not make interface or routing configuration changes on managed switches; this alternative would address the wrong dependency.