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Modern COBOL development, without leaving z/OS.

For application programmers and production support. Your compilers, JES and change control stay on z/OS.

Standards
SOX · PCI DSS
Host
z/OSMF, Enterprise COBOL, JES, Db2, CICS
Workstation
GnuCOBOL, GDB, COBOL Check
Agent policy
Mainframe and finance templates
Deployment
Self-hosted, your cloud or air-gapped

What your team gets

The z/OS development loop in one IDE.

Govern features are in use today. Domain modules are pre-release; their state is listed under Tools and formats.

Edit and compileMembers compiled through your own cataloged procedures, with listings read in place.
Submit and spoolBatch jobs submitted through JES; failing steps and abends found in the spool and mapped to source.
Db2 and CICSPrecompile, BIND and CICS translation driven through z/OSMF.
Production read-onlyData sets you name, such as PROD.**, open read-only.
Workstation pathGnuCOBOL, GDB and COBOL Check for continuous integration and engineers without a host seat.
Agents inside change controlThe mainframe template lets agents edit COBOL and JCL in the repository; they never submit jobs, bind Db2 packages or delete host data sets.

Who uses it

One environment for every role on the team.

Application programmersEdit members and compile with your own procedures.
Production support analystsFind the failing step and the abend in the spool.
Db2 and CICS developersPrecompile, BIND and translate from the same environment.
New team membersA familiar editor instead of ISPF and green screens.

Tools and formats

What the Mainframe module handles, and how far each is verified.

The z/OS side runs while a z/OS connection exists. COBOL and JCL colouring is always available.

z/OSData sets and members, job submission and spool, compiles with your procedures, Db2 and CICS steps, all through z/OSMF. Nothing has run against a z/OS system yet: it is tested against a local server shaped like z/OSMF, with a verification kit for your own z/OS.z/OSMF · Zowe team configuration · Enterprise COBOL · JES · Db2 · CICS
WorkstationCompile, run, debug and test on your machine. Verified on Linux with GnuCOBOL 3.1.2, GDB 15.1 and COBOL Check 0.2.19.GnuCOBOL · GDB · COBOL Check
Source and dataCOBOL programs, copybooks and JCL, and data read through its copybook.COBOL · copybooks · JCL

Nothing is verified on Windows or macOS. Domain modules are pre-release. Nothing is verified by a customer yet, and nothing is verified on Windows. Do not rely on a capability for production work until it is verified for your tools, versions and operating system. Product names belong to their owners.

How a change moves

A person decides before anything leaves the desk.

  1. Propose
    An engineer or agent drafts a change to COBOL programs.
  2. Verify
    Your compilers and tests check it.
  3. Approve
    An upload to host data sets waits for a named approver.
  4. Record
    Change, results and approval kept together in the audit record.

Standards

Evidence for your controls. The audit opinion is your auditor's.

SOXEvidence toward SOX change control: the finance template makes payment and ledger changes and pushes to main wait for a named approver.
PCI DSSEvidence toward PCI DSS: agent reads of cardholder data and production credentials are denied and logged.

Neural Inverse provides evidence toward these standards. Certification stays with your organisation and assessor.

Rules you work under

What they ask, and what Neural Inverse gives you toward them.

We produce records your assessors and regulators can use. We never say a product makes you compliant; that stays with your organisation.

[Draft: to be approved by legal counsel before publication]

DORAWhat it asksSince 17 January 2025, EU financial entities manage ICT risk, report major ICT-related incidents, test their resilience and keep a register of information on their ICT third-party providers.What Neural Inverse gives youDeployments you control, records of every change and approval, and our sub-processor list for your register.
NYDFS 23 NYCRR Part 500What it asksFinancial firms licensed in New York run a cybersecurity programme with access controls and audit trails. Under the amended rule, whose last requirements took effect on 1 November 2025, multi-factor authentication covers every person who accesses their information systems, and they keep an asset inventory.What Neural Inverse gives youSingle sign-on with SAML or OIDC, passkeys and authenticator-app codes, access control, approvals by named people and a tamper-evident audit log you can export.
Reserve Bank of India cybersecurity directionsWhat it asksOn 31 July 2026 the Reserve Bank of India issued cybersecurity and technology risk directions for banks and other regulated entities, replacing the 2023 IT governance master direction and the 2016 cyber security framework. They ask for board-level governance of IT and cyber risk, control of third-party risk and cyber incidents reported to the Reserve Bank within six hours.What Neural Inverse gives youSelf-hosted, in-your-cloud and air-gapped deployments in India, single sign-on and access control, approvals by named people and records of every change.
EU AI Act, credit scoringWhat it asksAI systems that assess the creditworthiness of people or set their credit score are high-risk. Their rules on risk management, record-keeping and human oversight apply from 2 December 2027, after Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.What Neural Inverse gives youGovern’s EU AI Act rule pack, with records of decisions and approvals for the AI systems you govern.

Questions

What banking and mainframe teams ask us first.

Does it work with our z/OS tools?

The Mainframe module works through z/OSMF with your Enterprise COBOL compilers and cataloged procedures, JES, Db2 and CICS; GnuCOBOL, GDB and COBOL Check cover the workstation. The module is pre-release: the workstation path is verified on Linux, and the z/OS path has not yet run against a z/OS system, with a verification kit for your own.

Do we have to convert or migrate our code?

No. There is no conversion, no new runtime and no migration: your compilers, JES and change control stay on z/OS.

Can an agent submit jobs or touch production?

No. The mainframe template lets agents edit COBOL and JCL in the repository; they never submit jobs, bind Db2 packages or delete host data sets. Data sets you name, such as PROD.**, open read-only.

Can it run on-premises or air-gapped?

Yes. Neural Inverse Govern runs on your own servers, in your own cloud account or on a network with no internet access, with models served inside your network. Run each release on a host with no route out before you rely on it.

Does Neural Inverse make us compliant with SOX, PCI DSS or DORA?

No. Govern gives evidence toward your controls, such as payment and ledger changes that wait for a named approver, and agent reads of cardholder data that are denied and logged. Compliance, certification and the audit opinion stay with your organisation and its auditors.

Talk to our team.

Neural Inverse is available by request. We work with your engineering, security and procurement teams from the first conversation.

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