Digital engineering secure remote access

A method, comprising:

• storing, on a cloud platform by a system comprising a processor, virtual machine images that are configured with respective industrial engineering applications and respective secure remote access runtime services;
• instantiating, by the system, a virtual machine image, selected from the multiple virtual machine images, on which an industrial engineering application is installed to yield a virtual machine that executes the industrial engineering application on the cloud platform;
• and
• establishing, by the system, a secure virtual private network connection between a client device and the virtual machine using the secure remote access runtime service.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system executing on a cloud platform and comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• storing, on the cloud platform, virtual machine images that are provisioned with respective industrial engineering applications and respective secure remote access runtime services;
• instantiating a virtual machine image, selected from the multiple virtual machine images, on which an industrial engineering application is installed to yield a virtual machine that executes the industrial engineering application on the cloud platform;
• and
• creating a secure virtual private network connection between a client device and the virtual machine using the secure remote access runtime service.