Security-First Terminal Emulator

Rocket® Secure Host Access 

Phishing-resistant, password-less, security-first terminal emulation software

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Turn compliance requirements into confidence

Regulators now expect provable access controls on every system that handles sensitive data − including your mainframe and green-screen sessions. Compliance mandates like DORA, PCI DSS 4.0, and NYDFS 23 NYCRR Part 500 require more than basic security measures. Gaps in green-screen access are increasingly where audit findings originate, non-compliance penalties are triggered, and credential-based attacks take hold.

Rocket Secure Host Access helps you close those gaps − extending modern IAM controls directly to your terminal emulation process, so you can meet audit requirements and demonstrate control effectiveness without disrupting core operations.

Key ways Secure Host Access helps you stay compliant

Prove compliance with auditable evidence

Capture centralized, detailed session and access logs across your host environment, making it easier to demonstrate control effectiveness and answer auditors' questions with concrete, traceable data.

Extend modern access controls everywhere

Extend enterprise IAM−MFA, SSO, password-less options, and granular authorization−to every green-screen and terminal emulation session so every login meets today's regulatory expectations.

Close compliance gaps without disruption

Replace fragmented, password-only emulators with phishing-resistant, centrally managed host access that reduces audit findings and penalty risk−while leaving core mainframe applications and workflows unchanged.

Featured functionalities, strengthened security

Secure Host Access is the security-first terminal emulator software that enables you to integrate green screen access with your existing identity and access management (IAM) solutions, to achieve true defense in depth. Partner with Rocket Software, the only organization committed to securing access to host applications.

•    Remain  secure and compliant with evolving regulations, including HIPAA, DORA, PCI-DSS, and more.
•    Simplify your mainframe host access wherever you need it, whether on a desktop, via the web, or a hybrid of both.
•    Keep data secure with the latest encryption methods, like TLS 1.3, SSH, etc.
•    Extend your organizational IAM solutions to your terminal emulator to keep green screen access more secure.

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—including 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.

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Forrester TEI Study

Products

Rocket® Secure Host Access Pro

Desktop terminal emulator software. 

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Rocket® Secure Host Access Enterprise

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

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Rocket® Secure Host Access Anywhere

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

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