How It Works — Rocket Vetting
How Rocket Vetting Works
Rocket Vetting provides secure, continuous deceased reconciliation for program rosters by verifying records against the SSA Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF). Built on five principles: Secure, Private, Timely, Autonomous, and Affordable.
Secure
All data transfers use secure, key-based SFTP with encryption in transit. Each customer account has a dedicated secure inbox and outbox. Audit logs track processing activity for operational transparency.
Setup is performed once: generate or register your SSH key, configure your launch pad, and test connectivity using the instructions provided during onboarding.
Private
Rocket Vetting uses only the data required to perform vetting: SSN or Name + Date of Birth. Your roster data is not mined, profiled, enriched, shared, or used for any purpose outside the vetting workflow.
Rocket Vetting is purpose-limited: it uses only the fields required for deceased verification and does not enrich, resell, or reuse your data. Inbound files are processed in isolated workspaces and are removed following delivery and customer retrieval (purge-after-reentry).
Output files may include SSNs and other identifiers when part of the selected matching method. This supports your internal compliance review and, if necessary, external investigation. Rocket Vetting performs identification only and does not conduct investigative follow-up.
Limited system logs and security telemetry may be retained for compliance and operational integrity, but not customer roster data.
Timely
Rocket Vetting operates continuously, 24×7. Records are processed automatically upon receipt rather than waiting for a scheduled batch cycle.
New roster members and records marked as high-priority (for example, time-sensitive requests) are processed first and are typically vetted within minutes.
This continuous processing model reduces operational lag and distinguishes Rocket Vetting from legacy systems that rely on fixed processing windows.
Autonomous
Launch pads (Windows or Linux) act as configuration presets controlling data movement and throughput. Once configured, the system streams data continuously and retrieves results automatically.
The lightweight reentry process monitors the outbox and downloads results as they become available, posting them to your internal results table for action.
If a subscription term ends or the included query allowance is reached, processing pauses until a new plan becomes active. Auto-Renew ensures uninterrupted continuity by activating the next subscription term automatically.
Affordable
Rocket Vetting offers predictable subscription plans with defined query allowances. Choose Monthly for seasonal or variable workloads, or Annual for the lowest effective cost per query for continuous operations.
Enterprise plans support high-volume and multi-year deployments for statewide or institutional scale. For current plan tiers and pricing, visit the Pricing page.
System Requirements
Rocket Vetting is designed to integrate with existing environments. No database migration is required. Your launch pad runs inside your environment and streams only the fields needed for vetting.
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Windows or Linux host (one or more launch pads)
- Outbound network access to Rocket Vetting SFTP
- SSH key-based authentication
- Ability to run the Rocket Vetting launch & reentry tooling
Output Data
Each returned match record includes:
- Roster identifier
- Supplied data (echo) when applicable
- Date of death
- Verification method
- Quality of match indicator
- Issuing state (when available)
- Middle name / suffix (when available)
- Warnings (e.g., approximate date indicators)
Supplemental confirmation fields (when available) may include:
- Obituary reference
- Cemetery or burial reference
- Place of death (where available)
- Other source-linked confirmation indicators