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Chapter 7. Securing Management Access with AAA > Cisco Secure ACS
Cisco Secure ACS
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 5.3 for Windows provides a centralized identity networking solution and simplified user management experience across all Cisco devices and security management applications.
Before Cisco Secure ACS Version 5, users were made part of a group and used group-based policies. Since ACSv5, rule-based policies are implemented, providing a flexible approach that can match a variety of access conditions.
In Cisco Secure ACS, you can define network device groups (NDG), which are sets of devices. These NDGs provide logical grouping of devices, for example, by device location or type, which you can use in policy conditions.
To configure Cisco Secure ACS for device administration, follow these steps: