Cisco Secure Equipment Access Quick Start Guide for Industrial Routers

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Connect to remote assets

Updated: June 13, 2025

Overview

Use this procedure to connect to a remote OT asset.

Enable secure access to remote assets for monitoring, management, or troubleshooting.

Use this task when you need to initiate a remote session with your OT assets to perform any maintenance operations.

Follow these steps to connect to remote assets:

Before you begin

  • Obtain SEA user credentials with the necessary permissions.

  • Verify that your network connection allows access to the IoT Operations Dashboard.

  • Ensure a valid remote session is configured by the SEA administrators.

Procedure

1.

Log in to the Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard as an SEA user.

2.

Click Secure Equipment Access > Remote Sessions.

3.

Go to the desire session and click Connect.

You are securely connected to the selected remote asset using the preconfigured access method. You can now monitor, manage, or troubleshoot the asset as required.

What to do next

Log out of your session when finished to maintain system security.