What Does Data Recovery Agent (DRA) Mean?
A data recovery agent (DRA) is an individual who decrypts data that’s encrypted by other users on a Windows operating system. Data recovery agents are assigned and authorized Windows users who can decrypt any or all users’ data, typically in case of disaster, emergency or a system crash.
Techopedia Explains Data Recovery Agent (DRA)
DRA is primarily used in enterprise networking environments with many different end user workstations managed centrally through a Windows Server. Generally, the role of DRA is performed by the network/system administrator. Typically, the DRA is defined and configured at each domain, network or at machine level within Windows Group Policy and Active Directory.
