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End-to-end encryption for government: what decision-makers need to know

Mar 24, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
‍For EU government organizations and critical infrastructure operators, end-to-end encryption is no longer an architectural choice — it is a regulatory obligation. NIS2, which came into force across EU member states in October 2024, explicitly requires essential and important entities to implement encryption as part of their cybersecurity risk management measures. GDPR Article 32 has required encryption of personal data since 2018.
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Rocket.Chat Labs #1: What happens when you throw 1.2M messages at AI search

Mar 18, 2026 By Pavithra Sudhakar In Rocket.Chat
Welcome to Rocket.Chat Labs: our way of showing what is cooking in the R&D kitchen. No polished demos on curated datasets. No slide decks dressed up as evidence. Just real engineering, real data, and the honest story of what we found. The first in a series where we open up our R&D process: what we built, how we tested it, and what we actually found.
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Shadow IT in government: risks, causes, and how to manage it

Mar 12, 2026 By Sara Ana Cemazar In Rocket.Chat
‍Shadow IT in government is not a fringe risk — it is a systemic one. A NinjaOne survey of 400 public sector managers across the US, Europe, and Oceania found that 49% of public sector employees rely on unauthorized software to complete their work, with 52% actively bypassing security policies. Gartner estimates that shadow IT accounts for 30 to 40 percent of IT spending in large enterprises, with Everest Group putting the figure at 50 percent or more.
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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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