The need for secure communications within IT companies
64%
the increase in email threats in 2020 due to the rise in digital activities related to Covid-19.
Mimecast Threat Center
54%
of IT professionals think that remote workers are a greater security risk
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more than 6 in 10 IT companies suffered a ransomware attack in 2020
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41%
of remote workers said they use unsecured personal apps to access work information
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Data protection or software flexibility. Why not both?
IT companies need a communications platform highly flexible and secure enough to keep their valuable data protected. Rocket.Chat provides both while enabling teams to be truly productive.
Supercharge team collaboration
Empower teams to have real-time interactions and quickly collaborate from within a single, non-siloed hub. Custom user roles, permissions, and control access to sensitive information.
Communicate with complete data privacy
Control access to sensitive information, exchange E2E encrypted messages, create custom user roles, and integrate with zero-trust environments.
Enjoy limitless integrations & native apps
Accelerate your workflows by integrating tools you use right into Rocket.Chat: the platform supports 100+ native integrations and powerful apps to foster team collaboration and productivity.
Customize the look and feel of your workspace
Leverage a customizable interface with a complete set of white labeling options. Rocket.Chat allows you to customize your workspace to align with your organization’s brand guidelines.
Secure collaboration for the public sector
Learn how Rocket.Chat supports you in owning and protecting your conversations in this detailed guide.
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Secure distance learning for Universities and Colleges
Learn how you can tackle the technological challenges of digital education in this detailed guide.
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Secure and effective collaboration for hybrid teams
Learn how to enable effective collaboration for your hybrid teams without compromising data security in this detailed guide.
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Secure & compliant customer engagement in Financial Services
Learn how you can communicate with your team, partners, and customers in a secure and compliant way .
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Exceptional digital patient experience compliant with HIPAA
Learn how you can provide exceptional patient experience via in-app chat in this detailed guide for healthcare providers, insurers, and Health Tech organizations.
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The most flexible secure communication platform, designed to support unique workflows
Pre-built apps
Integrate with apps available on our Marketplace to enhance security, collaboration, and operational efficiency.
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Custom apps
Create custom apps and integrations tailored to your organization's specific needs in weeks, not months, with our Apps-Engine toolkit.
Embedded chat
Looking to enable a custom in-app chat? Leverage our iframe, chat APIs and SDKs to embed chat functionality into your existing platform or app.
Professional services
From implementation to addressing specific use cases, our experts can help ensure that you get the most out of your investment in Rocket.Chat.
Freely communicate with any stakeholder without sacrificing data privacy
Have real-time conversations with internal and external stakeholders with peace of mind. Decide whether to self-host their instance on-premises on a secure environment that can even be air-gapped in their private network or choose a cloud-based ISO 27001 certified deployment.
Secure collaboration for the public sector
Learn how Rocket.Chat supports you in owning and protecting your conversations in this detailed guide.
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Bring all your communications and productivity tools into a single platform without compromising data security.
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Reduce email and boost team collaboration
Leverage channels, groups, discussions, location, and E2E encrypted messaging on a productivity-first platform. All of it while accessing complete conversation history, so you never miss important information.
Improve IT enterprise security regardless of the deployment choice
Our privacy-centric approach focuses on security governance, risk management, and compliance. Rocket.Chat is ISO 27001 certified and can be deployed on-premises for a highly secure, air-gapped environment.
Open source transparency
Leverage the unique open-source flexibility that empowers organizations to extend our platform to meet their needs beyond proprietary solutions. All of it while improving cost efficiency and truly owning your data.
Connect with any external partner
Outsourcing projects or working with agencies and external vendors? Communicate with all of them via Rocket.Chat even if they use Slack, Microsoft Teams, or other messaging tools. Learn about inter-departmental communication on Rocket.Chat here.
Access control, identity, and device management
Configure custom rules and role-based permissions to control account access for each team and every employee from a single dashboard. Integrate single sign-on (SSO) with Google, GitHub, SAML, AzureAD, Active Directory/LDAP, and more.
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Why CI organizations
choose Rocket.Chat
Digital sovereignty
End-to-end encryption
Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions
Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
Sovereign AI
Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix
Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
White labeling
MIT Open Source license (all editions)
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Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why government agencies
choose Rocket.Chat
Digital sovereignty
End-to-end encryption
Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions
Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
Sovereign AI
Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix
Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
White labeling
MIT Open Source license (all editions)
Rocket.Chat
Element
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Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why government agencies
choose Rocket.Chat
Digital sovereignty
End-to-end encryption
Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions
Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
Sovereign AI
Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix
Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
White labeling
MIT Open Source license (all editions)
With Rocket.Chat AI, accelerate operations while maintaining full data autonomy
Data
sovereignty
Deploy a self-hosted LLM for complete control of your classified
information — data stays secure within your network.
Reliable
responses
Enrich your LLM with in-house knowledge using our RAG pipeline
for relevant responses — without having to expose your sensitive data.
Controlled data access
Manage data classifications and lineage metadata to restrict information access by user roles or clearance levels — ensuring data protection.
Maximize operational efficiency
Get context-driven answers to business queries using in-house data. Turn lengthy threads into actionable insights for faster, more informed decisions.
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Rocket.Chat is an API-driven communication hub, which means that companies can integrate it with any private cloud, building automated workflows with project tools, including Jira and Confluence, and solving development issues faster.
As an IT company, we tried different platforms — without question Rocket.Chat is the best. I love how it centralizes conversations in one secure space, which is extremely useful for high-security-level discussions
Pierre Ozoux
Co-founder at IndieHosters
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Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why organizations choose Rocket.Chat
Digital sovereignty
End-to-end encryption
Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions
Private network deployment
(cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
(cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix
Omnichannel citizen engagement
(SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
(SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
White labeling
MIT Open Source license (all editions)
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A secure, on-premise solution to supercharge public defender support for millions of citizens
With the mission of providing free legal advice, human rights promotion, and defense at all levels, this public juridical service is available to low-income citizens. Sharing sensitive information with citizens called for the need of a platform such as Rocket.Chat with robust back-end security and customization options to cater to an organization’s unique needs.
"We have already supported over 1M citizen cases using Rocket.Chat. Today, the solution is absolutely critical to our day-to-day operations."
Erik Arnesen
Head of IT, Public Defender's Office of the State of São Paulo (DPESP)
A single platform to meet all state and local government communication needs
Public servants collaboration
Equip government teams with a practical and compliant digital tool to discuss projects and move beyond the inefficiencies of email.
Public
services
Offer authenticated digital support and guidance to citizens, enhancing accessibility to their rights.
Citizen
inquiries
Reduce the burden on non-emergency phone lines and automate responses to common questions.
Emergency
response
Ensure seamless interoperability and instant communication, empowering local and state stakeholders to effectively manage risks.
Security or convenience. Why not both?
Unquestionable regulatory compliance
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Don’t risk hefty fines and endanger your business reputation. Keep your conversations private and compliant. Rocket.Chat has been deployed in the most rigorous environments. It supports compliance with GDPR, LGDP, HIPAA, FINRA, and more.
On-premise and air-gapped deployment
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Exercise complete control over your conversations and exchanged data. Secure your conversations by leveraging secure, self-managed installation in your data center or deploy Rocket.Chat in network-isolated environments.
Self-hosted video communication
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Extend your messaging experience to secure video communications by leveraging Rocket.Chat and Pexip partnership. Jump on protected video calls with citizens and colleagues without exposing your data.
Top-notch security capabilities
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Guarantee conversation authenticity and auditability with advanced Single Contact ID and Conversation Retention/Export features. Restrict access to sensitive data through Role-Based Access Control.
“If it’s strong enough for a cybersecurity company, it's secure for any business.”
Knowing Rocket.Chat is secure means that we can have conversations there. If Rocket.Chat is strong enough for a cybersecurity company to be confident in using it, then it’s probably secure enough for whatever your business is.
Josh Eklow
Marketing Manager at Onshore Cybersecurity
Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why organizations choose Rocket.Chat
Digital sovereignty
End-to-end encryption
Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions
Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)
Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix
Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)
White labeling
MIT Open Source license (all editions)
#1 Skype for Business Server replacement for secure and compliant collaboration
If Microsoft Teams or S4B Server Subscription Edition are not an option for your organization, the time to act is now. Look for an on-premises or sovereign cloud alternative with mission-critical data sovereignty features.
What to look for in a communications platform for IT companies?
If you are looking for a flexible, scalable, and secure communications platform, look for these features.
Self-hosted deployment
Active directory integration
HIPAA, GDPR, ISO27001 compliance
Active directory/SAML/single sign-on
Role/permission-based access
End-to-end encryption
Unlimited conversation history
Omnichannel communications
Classified Naval Director
“Rocket.Chat was, more often than not, the ONLY way that my Special Operations Task Force intel team and I could coordinate with our interagency counterparts. It always worked, it was universally used and respected, and it made otherwise impossible cross-domain and cross-organizational communication possible.”
Director at Naval Agency
Erik Arnesen
“Within 2 months of using Rocket.Chat, we understood how efficient it was, so we wanted to scale with quality and stability. The team at Rocket.Chat understood how important it was for us to grow together.”
Head of IT, Public Defender’s Office of the State of São Paulo (DPESP)
Niki Papazoglakis
"We needed a highly secure messaging platform to communicate across US government agencies. Rocket.Chat met all requirements and was the perfect choice to provide a secure platform across desktop and mobile environments."
CEO at Mobility 4 Public Safety
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Rocket.Chat possesses the following licenses through which government agencies can place orders
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GSA Contract #:
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Talk to our experts about deploying Rocket.Chat in an air-gapped environment to achieve maximum security and legal compliance.
Tom Strobel
Sr. Director Enterprise Sales
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Rocket.Chat possesses the following licenses through which government agencies can place orders
NASA SEWP:
NNG15SD09B
NNG15SD09B
GSA Contract #:
47QSEA20D009S
47QSEA20D009S
