# Ironport

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

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.

## 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, Email Security, Web Security, Anti-Spam, Email Gateway, Cybersecurity, Acquired

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