Using Privileged Remote Access

Delinea Privileged Remote Access (PRA) provides seamless access to remote machines through RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and SSH (Secure Socket Shell), without the need for a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Delinea PRA runs on the Delinea Platform and seamlessly integrates with Delinea Secret Server vault, deployed from the cloud or from within your private network. PRA automatically uses credentials to connect with target resources, enabling RDP and SSH connectivity without exposing sensitive parts of credentials to the end user. PRA usage is completely integrated into the Delinea Platform UI.

Delinea PRA displays RDP and SSH sessions in the user's web browser, freeing users from the need to install and maintain additional remote access or VPN software. This architecture also makes PRA extremely portable, enabling the user to access multiple connections to multiple target systems, each running in its own tab in the user's browser.

The Delinea PRA service runs in the Delinea cloud. Without using a VPN, it enables connectivity to target systems using the Delinea PRA Engine. This engine has a small footprint and runs on a variety of Linux distributions in your data center. PRA Engines connect outbound traffic from your data center to the Delinea cloud using Transport Layer Security (TLS) over HTTP/S. This technique eliminates the need for a VPN and protects your data center from exposing any system. In this way, Delinea PRA limits threats like port scans and similar malware.

Sites logically group together engines that can facilitate connections to a common set of target resources. You can add multiple engines at each site for redundancy and high availability. For more information, see Set Up Platform Engines Site.

When a user requests a connection to a remote resource, they connect to the Delinea Platform first with their browser using TLS over HTTP/S. They are connected next with end-to-end protection ]to the target machine through the engine.

The engine is also used to integrate Secret Server On-Premises with the Delinea Platform.

For additional security, PRA sessions can be configured to be observed in close-to real time as well as recorded for auditing purposes.