Security-First Enterprise Terminal Emulation

Rocket® Secure Host Access 

Your terminal emulator could be your weakest link. Secure mainframe and host access with phishing-resistant, password-less, Zero-Trust enterprise terminal emulation software.

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Enterprise terminal emulator for zero trust mainframe and host access

Built for enterprise environments, Rocket Secure Host Access helps organizations modernize mainframe emulation with phishing-resistant, password-less access, centralized management, enterprise IAM integration, MFA, SSO, granular authorization, advanced encryption, and detailed session auditing. 

With Rocket Secure Host Access, teams can strengthen compliance, reduce credential-based risk, and provide secure access to mission-critical host applications from desktop, web, or hybrid environments. 

Secure mainframe emulation for enterprise teams 

Mainframe and host applications remain essential to many business operations, but the way users access those systems is often overlooked. Traditional terminal emulators and password-based green-screen sessions can create security gaps, compliance challenges, and audit risk. 

Rocket Secure Host Access brings mainframe emulator capabilities into alignment with modern enterprise security standards. Organizations can extend identity and access management controls directly to terminal sessions, giving security and IT teams better visibility. 

Bring green-screen access in line with enterprise IAM

Rocket® Secure Host Access connects terminal emulation with existing enterprise identity and access management (IAM) solutions so organizations can apply consistent access policies across mainframe, IBM i, UNIX, Linux, and other host environments.

Strengthen compliance with access governance

Strengthen compliance for mainframe and host access

Rocket Secure Host Access helps extend modern identity and access controls to mainframe, IBM i, Unix, Linux, and other host environments so teams can better support compliance requirements across mission-critical systems.

 

Improve visibility across terminal sessions

Traditional green screen access can make it difficult to see who accessed which systems, what actions were taken, and whether policies were followed. Secure Host Access helps centralize session visibility and logging, giving IT and security teams clearer evidence for audits, investigations, and access reviews.

Support stronger access control policies

Secure host access helps organizations reduce reliance on password-only terminal access by supporting enterprise IAM integration, MFA, SSEO, granular authorization, and advanced encryption. This helps organizations support a zero trust structure provides a more secure foundation for managing mainframe and host access.

Secure mainframe emulation for modern enterprise access

Mainframe and host applications remain essential to many business operations, but the way users access those systems is often overlooked. Traditional terminal emulators and password-based green-screen sessions can create security gaps, compliance challenges, and audit risk. Rocket Secure Host Access brings mainframe emulator capabilities into alignment with modern enterprise security standards.

Rocket Secure Host Access is designed for organizations that need to secure host access while keeping critical business operations running. Whether users connect through desktop terminal emulation, web-based access, or a hybrid model, Secure Host Access helps provide consistent, secure access to the host applications they need.

 

Organizations can use Secure Host Access to:

  • Secure mainframe and green-screen access with modern IAM controls
  • Support enterprise terminal emulation across desktop, web and hybrid environments.
  • Reduce credential-based risk with MFA, SSO, and passwordless authentication
  • Protect host data with advasnced encryption, including TLS 1.3 and SSH
  • Improve audit readiness with centralized logging and access visibility
  • Modernize mainframe emulation without disrupting core systems or workflows.

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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What do customers say about Secure Host Access?

Reflection Desktop and MSS have improved our user experience, and we now have a clear central view of who has access to what systems to ensure correct licensing and security compliance. We found a valued partner with a team that has gone above and beyond to support us.

Frané Baljkas Systems Engineer Reliance, Inc

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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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