Cisco Privilege Levels – Explanation and Configuration
Thanks to: https://study-ccna.com/ It is important to secure your Cisco devices by configuring and implementing username and password protection and assigning different Cisco privilege levels to control and restrict access to the CLI. Hence, protecting the devices from unauthorized access. In this article, we will discuss how to configure user accounts and how to associate them to the different Cisco privilege levels. Then, we’ll take a deep dive into their purposes and functions, as well as their importance in network security design. Privilege Level Security Cisco IOS devices use privilege levels for more granular security and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in addition to usernames and passwords. There are 16 privilege levels of admins access, 0-15, on the Cisco router or switch that you can configure to provide customized access control. With 0 being the least privileged and 15 being the most privileged. These are three privilege levels the Cisco IOS uses by default: Level 0 –