Ironport

IronPort Systems was an email and web security gateway company founded in 2000 in San Bruno, California, known for its anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-phishing, and URL-filtering appliances and its SenderBase email reputation service. Cisco Systems acquired IronPort in 2007 for approximately $830 million; the products were rebranded as Cisco Email Security and Cisco Web Security and the standalone IronPort brand and pricelist were fully retired by late 2012. IronPort no longer operates an independent public website, developer portal, or API surface — its domain now resolves into Cisco — so this profile is retained as a historical Menlo Ventures portfolio company rather than an active API provider awaiting enrichment.

Ironport is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Email Security, Web Security, Anti-Spam, and Email Gateway.

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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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CompanyEmail SecurityWeb SecurityAnti-SpamEmail GatewayCybersecurityAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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: ironport
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/ironport.png
name: Ironport
description: IronPort Systems was an email and web security gateway company founded in 2000 in San Bruno, California, known
  for its anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-phishing, and URL-filtering appliances and its SenderBase email reputation service.
  Cisco Systems acquired IronPort in 2007 for approximately $830 million; the products were rebranded as Cisco Email Security
  and Cisco Web Security and the standalone IronPort brand and pricelist were fully retired by late 2012. IronPort no longer
  operates an independent public website, developer portal, or API surface — its domain now resolves into Cisco — so this
  profile is retained as a historical Menlo Ventures portfolio company rather than an active API provider awaiting enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ironport/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- menlo-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: acquired-defunct
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: cisco
x-acquired-year: '2007'
x-successor-product: Cisco Secure Email
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Email Security
- Web Security
- Anti-Spam
- Email Gateway
- Cybersecurity
- 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