Cisco Secure Equipment Access Quick Start Guide for Industrial Routers

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Enabling the SEA service

Updated: June 13, 2025

Overview

This process describes the workflow for enabling SEA services on industrial routers.

Summary

Enabling SEA services involves multiple stages. The key components or participants involved in the process are:
  • Network administrator: Configures and manages the industrial routers.

  • Industrial routers: The device that is prepared and configured for enabling SEA service.

  • Application Manager service: Handles onboarding and device management.

  • SEA agent: An IOx application that runs on the device.

Workflow

These are the stages for enabling SEA service on your industrial routers:

  1. Onboard the required Industrial routers through the Application Manager service on IoT OD.

  2. Configure the Industrial routers to establish a secure tunnel to the IoT OD for application management.

  3. Install the SEA agent on Industrial routers and configure a remote session through SEA for the target OT asset.

Result

The Industrial routers is enabled with SEA service, allowing secure remote access for operational tasks.