Elastica

Elastica was a Silicon Valley cloud security startup that pioneered the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) category, using data science and machine learning to give enterprises visibility into and control over Shadow IT and sanctioned SaaS applications. Its CloudSOC platform combined an API-based control mode (connecting directly to cloud apps such as Office 365, Box, Salesforce, and Google Workspace) with an inline gateway mode for data-loss-prevention, threat detection, and compliance. Backed by Mayfield, Pelion Venture Partners, and Third Point Ventures, Elastica was acquired by Blue Coat Systems for $280 million in November 2015; Blue Coat (with Elastica and Perspecsys) was in turn acquired by Symantec in 2016, where the technology became the Symantec CloudSOC CASB, later part of Broadcom's enterprise security portfolio. Elastica no longer operates as an independent company and publishes no active public developer surface, API, or SDK.

Elastica is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Cloud Security, CASB, and Cloud Access Security Broker.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySecurityCloud SecurityCASBCloud Access Security BrokerShadow ITData Loss PreventionSaaS SecurityMachine LearningAcquired

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: elastica
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/elastica.png
name: Elastica
description: Elastica was a Silicon Valley cloud security startup that pioneered the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) category,
  using data science and machine learning to give enterprises visibility into and control over Shadow IT and sanctioned SaaS
  applications. Its CloudSOC platform combined an API-based control mode (connecting directly to cloud apps such as Office
  365, Box, Salesforce, and Google Workspace) with an inline gateway mode for data-loss-prevention, threat detection, and
  compliance. Backed by Mayfield, Pelion Venture Partners, and Third Point Ventures, Elastica was acquired by Blue Coat Systems
  for $280 million in November 2015; Blue Coat (with Elastica and Perspecsys) was in turn acquired by Symantec in 2016, where
  the technology became the Symantec CloudSOC CASB, later part of Broadcom's enterprise security portfolio. Elastica no longer
  operates as an independent company and publishes no active public developer surface, API, or SDK.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastica/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- mayfield
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by:
- Blue Coat Systems (2015, $280M)
- Symantec (2016, via Blue Coat; became CloudSOC CASB)
- Broadcom (2019, via Symantec Enterprise)
x-enrichment-note: Enrichment pipeline ran 2026-07-19. Elastica is a defunct, acquired company with no independent public
  developer surface (no API, OpenAPI, SDK, package, event, or security.txt surface). All artifact recipes are N/A; no artifacts
  were fabricated. Historical elastica.* domains now resolve to unrelated parked/third-party owners and are deliberately NOT
  associated with this profile.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Cloud Security
- CASB
- Cloud Access Security Broker
- Shadow IT
- Data Loss Prevention
- SaaS Security
- Machine Learning
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence