Emergency VPN Access Request Form

When critical incidents strike outside business hours, every minute counts. This Emergency VPN Access Request Form gives IT teams and on-call staff a fast, structured way to request urgent remote access without the usual delays.

Built for IT departments, MSPs, and operations teams managing 24/7 infrastructure, this template captures everything needed for emergency VPN provisioning: incident ticket numbers, urgency classification, business justification, and on-call manager approval—all in one organized workflow.

Why Paperform for emergency IT requests?

Paperform's conditional logic ensures the right fields appear based on urgency level and access type, while email notifications instantly alert on-call managers and security teams. Submissions flow directly into your ticketing system via integrations with tools like Jira, ServiceNow, or Slack, creating a clear audit trail for compliance and security reviews.

For teams that need to go further, connect this form to Stepper (stepper.io) to automate the entire approval workflow: route requests to the appropriate manager based on department, trigger VPN provisioning scripts once approved, log access grants in your ITSM platform, and send automatic follow-ups for access revocation after the incident is resolved.

Whether you're handling infrastructure outages, security incidents, or urgent customer escalations, this template helps IT and security professionals balance speed with accountability—ensuring emergency access is granted quickly, tracked properly, and revoked on time.