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Secure messaging for European governments: what decision-makers need to know

Mar 5, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
‍ ‍ Secure messaging for European governments is no longer a niche IT concern. It is a core requirement for operational continuity, legal compliance, and national security. The question for senior decision-makers is not whether to act, but which architecture can meet the full stack of regulatory and threat requirements simultaneously.
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Roadmap Reveal 2026: The Evolution of Secure CommsOS | Rocket.Chat

Mar 4, 2026 By Rocket.Chat In Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat CEO Gabriel Engel and CPO Christopher Skelly walk through the 2026 product roadmap for Secure CommsOS, covering what's ahead for real-time communications, federation, and Zero Trust capabilities. This session covers: Rocket.Chat is a DoD-approved, open-source communications platform built for defense, intelligence community, and federal agency environments. Secure CommsOS unifies messaging, voice, video, and AI into a single platform with full data sovereignty and compliance controls.
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Digital sovereignty: what it means for European governments and critical infrastructure

Feb 26, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
‍Digital sovereignty, in its most operational definition, is the ability to guarantee that no external government, corporation, or court can compel access to your data without your knowledge and consent. For European governments and critical infrastructure operators, that guarantee is increasingly difficult to make when core communication tools operate under legal frameworks that sit outside EU jurisdiction.
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Rocket.Chat achieves SOC 2 Type II attestation

Feb 23, 2026 By Marina Hudek In Rocket.Chat
We're proud to share an important milestone: Rocket.Chat has officially achieved SOC 2 Type II attestation, one of the most rigorous and widely recognized security validations in the industry. This achievement represents years of deliberate work to embed security, reliability, and compliance into everything we build. For our customers, it's independently verified proof that the platform you rely on meets the highest standards of trust and accountability.
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Federation vs. vendor lock-in: Sweden just picked a side

Feb 18, 2026 By Marina Hudek In Rocket.Chat
A new report from eSam, Sweden's public sector digital collaboration initiative, addresses a challenge familiar to government IT teams across Europe: how do we enable collaboration across agency boundaries while maintaining control of our infrastructure and data? Published in January 2026, "Common Federation Protocol for Public Sector Chat" examines different approaches to this challenge.
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Open source vs. proprietary communication platforms for government: which to choose?

Feb 12, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
‍ Government agencies face a fundamental question when choosing communication tools: who ultimately controls your data? For public sector organizations handling sensitive citizen information, classified communications, or cross-agency coordination, the answer matters enormously.
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Rocket.Chat 2025 Recap

Jan 29, 2026 By Rocket.Chat In Rocket.Chat
Before we get too far into 2026, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what brought us here: the commitment to show up, connect, and build together. This video highlights the moments and achievements that shaped our 2025 — and the collaboration that made them possible. As we continue building ahead, let’s keep dreaming, owning, trusting, and sharing in 2026. Interested in joining us in the future?
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From Slack to sovereign platforms: a guide for European government

Jan 27, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
European government agencies face critical compliance challenges using cloud-hosted Slack due to US CLOUD Act jurisdiction over data controlled by American platforms. The key distinction: the issue is not the software itself, but who controls the data. This guide defines what a sovereign communication platform is, presents the leading compliant alternatives: Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, and Element.
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Rocket.Chat + Pexip: Integrated Secure Comms for Government

Jan 22, 2026 By Rocket.Chat In Rocket.Chat
Standard IT tools weren't built for high-security environments—or for connecting seamlessly with mission partners across complex networks. In this session, experts from Rocket.Chat and Pexip explore how Federal Systems Integrators (FSIs) and defense agencies are modernizing collaboration without compromising on security. What you’ll learn in this webinar: Standard IT tools often trap data in silos, slowing down critical decision-making. We discuss how to move from legacy systems to air-gapped, mission-ready solutions that ensure total data sovereignty.
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Rocket.Chat 8.0: Intelligent, Connected and Secure by default

Jan 8, 2026 By Rocket.Chat In Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat is built for organizations that require secure, sovereign and resilient collaboration under continuous governance. Rocket.Chat 8.0 expands that foundation with workspace federation, attribute-based access controls (ABAC), integrated voice escalation, and intelligent search. In environments where security, governance, and operational continuity are non-negotiable, collaboration cannot rely on a model in which access, context, and boundaries are configured ahead of time.
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