Illusive Networks

Illusive Networks was a cybersecurity company specializing in deception technology and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) — discovering and remediating identity vulnerabilities and detecting attacker lateral movement across on-premises and cloud environments using deceptive traps and agentless deception tactics. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Innovation Endeavors, TPG and others, the company was acquired by Proofpoint in December 2022. Its technology now ships as Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense (previously Illusive); the standalone illusive.com property redirects to Proofpoint and the company no longer operates an independent developer, API, or documentation surface.

Illusive Networks is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, Deception Technology, Identity Threat Detection and Response, and Identity Security.

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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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CompanyCybersecurityDeception TechnologyIdentity Threat Detection and ResponseIdentity SecurityLateral Movement DetectionAcquired

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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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name: Illusive Networks
description: Illusive Networks was a cybersecurity company specializing in deception technology and identity threat detection
  and response (ITDR) — discovering and remediating identity vulnerabilities and detecting attacker lateral movement across
  on-premises and cloud environments using deceptive traps and agentless deception tactics. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners,
  Innovation Endeavors, TPG and others, the company was acquired by Proofpoint in December 2022. Its technology now ships
  as Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense (previously Illusive); the standalone illusive.com property redirects to Proofpoint
  and the company no longer operates an independent developer, API, or documentation surface.
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x-acquired-date: 2022-12
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created: '2026-07-17'
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- Cybersecurity
- Deception Technology
- Identity Threat Detection and Response
- Identity Security
- Lateral Movement Detection
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maintainers:
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  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
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  date: '2026-07-19'
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