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How to Manage Remote Vendor Access
Third-party vendors need access to your most critical systems, and traditional VPNs give them everything else too. This solution is a clean-room alternative: secure remote access through the browser, scoped to a single system, recorded end to end, expiring on its own. Onboard a vendor in under a minute; audit everything they touched afterwards.
The challenge with securing remote & vendor access
Session audit log
recording · 00:14:3210:14:02 connect db-admin@prod
10:14:19 SELECT * FROM ledger
10:14:44 sudo systemctl restart
10:15:01 keystrokes captured_
VPN vulnerabilities
Traditional VPNs grant excessive network-level access, increasing the risk of lateral movement.
Operational friction
Onboarding third-party vendors often takes days, delaying business-critical maintenance and support.
Visibility gaps
Lack of granular session recording and auditing for remote connections leads to compliance failures.
Complex authentication
Modern tools often require biometric hardware or complex MFA that vendors cannot always support or adopt.
Two strategic approaches to remote security
RankEZ meets you where you are, with flexibility based on your infrastructure and speed needs.
PAMaaS: the 'quick win' for instant vendor management
Install a lightweight proxy client and go live in minutes. Zero-touch deployment with no hardware or firewall changes; secure a new vendor in under 60 seconds; pay-as-you-go pricing for agile teams.
Hybrid mode: on-premise power with cloud-based agility
Keep RankEZ Core PAM on-premises for full data sovereignty while the Remote Access Gateway provides secure remote access without a VPN. Secrets stay in your vault; the hardened gateway buffers the internet from your core data.
Key features & capabilities
Privileged secure access
Browser-based access to RDP, SSH, and web apps without exposing public IP addresses.
Session monitoring & audit
Record every remote session for playback. Searchable metadata lets you audit exactly what a vendor did.
Just-in-Time access
Grant access just-in-time; it expires automatically, eliminating standing privilege for external users.
Biometric-free MFA
Robust multi-factor authentication that doesn't require specialized biometric hardware: 100% vendor compatibility.
Identity discovery
Continuously scan for and identify orphaned remote accounts to reduce your attack surface.
Why RankEZ?
We make you more secure
Application-level tunneling contains lateral movement that broad VPN access invites.
We make you more productive
Onboard third-party vendors in minutes, not days, through a SaaS proxy.
We future-proof your access
Scale from a single proxy to a full hybrid PAM deployment as you grow.
Remote Vendor, solved with RankEZ
VPN-less, recorded, time-bound access for third parties.