If you are interested in IP based statistics (WAN and/or LAN) such as utilization, conversations etc. you might want to consider enabling Netflow on your devices assuming you are running all Cisco. Othewise, using 3rd party tools such as eHealth or ...
login to the cisco ACS, and under the Shared Profile Components, please select "Shell Command Authorization Sets". Create one and apply it to the user.
Besides NetConfig to push out configs, are you using RME for another purpose? I can only assume that you are using RME to backup the configuration. If so, you can change the Transport setup to use SSH which should be OK with your Security team. Yo...