Operational technology (OT) organizations across many industries are using technology to transform their business activities and processes. To increase operational productivity and efficiency, traditionally siloed systems are now connecting to untrusted networks like the internet and cloud. But these benefits can lead to increased risks as well. Providing remote access to third-party contractors and remote employees also presents a unique challenge because granting privileged access to OT systems that are unable to have security endpoint agents deployed leaves the network vulnerable to misuse and other insider threats.

Fortinet FortiSRA helps OT organizations implement secure remote access (SRA), mitigating the risk associated with maintaining external access to critical OT resources. It manages user access and privileges and monitors, logs, and records user activity during remote sessions. FortiSRA also helps ensure uptime for SRA services through high availability (HA) and active/standby HA capabilities. It supports privileged access management features that control user accounts with elevated privileges and manages access and permissions for remote users, accounts, processes, systems, and sensitive data across the OT infrastructure. FortiSRA also provides gated access to sensitive OT resources within an organization with end-to-end management of remote accounts, control of privileged user access, and visibility into account usage with monitoring and audit capabilities.