Rocket® Mainframe Security

The mainframe holds 75% of enterprise data, and failing to integrate it into your broader risk management strategy leaves critical and costly gaps. Without a comprehensive approach to securing this data, ramifications could be significant for your business, including significant non-compliance costs.

Identify threats.

Before they identify you.

Changing regulations, such as DORA and PCI 4.0, along with an evolving threat landscape, are redefining mainframe security. Meet these requirements with the most precise vulnerability management technology and penetration testing, while tackling unauthorized open-source code and recovering specific data sets within hours—not weeks.

Rocket Software equips organizations to de-risk their modernization initiatives by being proactive against these changes. We empower customers with the most precise vulnerability management technology on the market, penetration testing, rapid data recovery, and up-to-date support for open-source tools aligned with NIST standards. Choose Rocket to secure your modernization initiatives.

We set the industry benchmark with the most advanced mainframe vulnerability management and penetration testing. With a false positive rate of just 0.08%, security teams can tackle true threats for optimal risk management.

Respond to ransomware attacks in hours—not days or weeks—with Rapid Data Recovery, the most lightweight and fast technology that can recover specific datasets.

Stay ahead of internal and regulatory compliance with Rocket's thorough assessments. We ensure your mainframe's security settings align with corporate policies and prevent unwarranted access, preserving system integrity.

We help customers ensure the security of their green screen access by extending their enterprise authentication and authorization to their terminal emulation process.

For organizations looking to transition, Rocket provides seamless conversion services to IBM® RACF®. Enhance your security posture and streamline management, leading to improved governance and a fortified security framework.

Rocket's solutions vet your open-source languages and tools, ensuring they are authorized, supported, and up-to-date. We align with the NIST National Vulnerability Database, providing immediate updates for reported CVEs to keep your open-source stack as secure as your proprietary systems.

Mainframe Security Solutions Suite

z/Assure® Vulnerability Analysis Program

Every z/OS® environment has vulnerabilities - once exploited, hackers can access any data within.

Did you know that up to 71% of a corporation's financial data can be stored on the mainframe? Contrary to popular belief, mainframes can be breached. Many organizations, misled by myths, neglect mainframe security, leading to potential breaches.

Harness Rocket® z/Assure® VAP – the exclusive tool that automatically scans and pinpoints vulnerabilities within your mainframe operating system code.

Mainframe Security Services

Strengthen your mainframe's security with expert guidance.

When taking the first steps to secure your mainframe, it goes beyond identifying where your vulnerabilities are and simply patching them. You must first have a holistic understanding of what your current mainframe security policy looks like, precisely where your vulnerabilities are, and the steps you must take for scalable risk management.

Ensure mainframe security alignment with corporate policy.

Shine a light (deep) into your mainframe code.

Are you thinking of migrating from one Enterprise Security Manager to another?

Open AppDev for Z

Modernize mainframe DevOps with secure open source software.

Stay secure and compliant with over 20 open-source languages and tools thoroughly tested, scanned and certified to run on z/OS®, and access the most recent versions and fixes to CVEs.

Bring applications to market faster, at lower cost and with less risk.

Rapid Data Recovery

Ensure your critical mainframe data assets are protected and recoverable.

Our data recovery management solution responds to ransomware attacks in a matter of hours - not days or weeks - to comply with stringent regulations that require hourly downtime by design.

Prevent downtime costs of $5M per hour—keep your critical mainframe data protected and recoverable.

Secure Host Access

Phishing-resistant, password-less, security-first host application access.

A security-first terminal emulator that integrates with enterprise IAM solutions, like MFA and SSO, to protect critical systems. It ensures phishing-resistant access to host applications while helping organizations stay compliant with evolving regulations.

Desktop terminal emulator software.

Secure, centralized desktop terminal emulator software that extends IAM best practices to the green screen interface.

Robust terminal emulator anywhere you want – whether on desktop, via the web, or a hybrid of both.

Enterprise Storage

Prevent potential outages and recover faster from inadvertent outages and disasters.

Ensure business continuity and resilience, and drive modernization with innovative mainframe enterprise storage solutions.

Forrester study reveals the measurable impact of Rocket® Secure Host Access

In the 2025 Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Study, commissioned by Rocket Software, Forrester examined the outcomes achieved by organizations using Rocket Secure Host Access—inclusive of the challenges they faced before deployment, the implementation process, cost of ownership, and how quickly they realized measurable ROI.

The results, which are based on a composite organization representative of interviewed customers, show measurable ROI and improved security, including:

30% improvement in customers’ security posture after introducing Secure Host Access.
50% improvement in end-user productivity for access-related issues with Secure Host Access.
$921,000 in help desk savings over 3 years for Secure Host Access customers.
50% improvement in customers’ mainframe IT team productivity with Secure Host Access.

See more about Forrester’s findings by reading the full study.

Featured resources

Whitepaper

According to recent studies, 91% of mainframe organizations have experienced data breaches or security compromises in the past five years. In this whitepaper, we will explore the key components of mainframe security, the importance of adhering to regulations like DORA, PCI DSS 4.0, and NIST, and how to build an effective risk management program.

Article

Although compliance audits and pen testing both serve a similar purpose, they differ in several key ways. A better understanding of how compliance auditing and pen testing work — and how they can complement one another — can help you evaluate your security practices, identify potential vulnerabilities, and strengthen your system’s defenses.

Webinar

In an era where digital operations are at the heart of every business, maintaining operational resilience and compliance with industry regulations is crucial. As we gaze into 2025 and beyond, we’ll explore how these evolving compliance regulations are shaping mainframe risk management strategies.