# Elastica

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/elastica/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Security, Cloud Security, CASB, Cloud Access Security Broker, Shadow IT, Data Loss Prevention, SaaS Security, Machine-Learning, Acquired

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/elastica/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.