# Internet Security Systems

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/internet-security-systems/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Internet Security Systems (ISS) was an Atlanta-based network and internet security company, founded in 1994, that provided vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection, and managed security services (Internet Scanner, RealSecure, Proventia, BlackICE). It was acquired by IBM in 2006 for approximately $1.3 billion and folded into IBM as IBM Internet Security Systems (later IBM Security / X-Force); it no longer exists as an independent company. Surfaced as a portfolio company of kleiner-perkins and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub, ISS operates no active, independent public developer or API surface today, so there is nothing live to enrich against.

## 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, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Vulnerability Management, Intrusion Detection, Acquired, IBM

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