security systems type division industry computer software security software fate acquired by ibm founded atlanta georgia u.s. 1994 1994 founder chris klaus headquarters 6303 barfield road atlanta georgia u.s. area served worldwide key people ginni rometty chairman president and ceo services ibm security solutions parent ibm divisions ibm security solutions website ibm internet security systems ibm internet security systems formerly internet security systems and often known simply as iss or issx after its former nasdaq ticker symbol is a security software provider founded in 1994 . the company was acquired by ibm in 2006 . contents 1 history 2 products 3 location 4 external links 5 references history edit in 1992 while attending the georgia institute of technology christopher klaus developed the first version of internet security scanner . in 1994 chris klaus founded internet security systems iss to further develop and market internet security scanner which later became internet scanner . although the larger shareholder chris klaus took the role of chief technology officer whilst tom noonan was recruited as chief executive officer in 1995 . in 1996 david strohm from greylock ventures and bob davoli from sigma partners led the first round of venture capital investment in iss . in 1997 ted schlein from kleiner perkins and att ventures invested in the next round . the initial public offering of the company on nasdaq was on march 23 1998 . 1 2 further products in security software space followed including network sensor and server sensor which were both developed in house . in 1998 iss acquired the uk company march information systems and rebranded their security manager product as system scanner . about the same time iss acquired the company dbsecure founded by eric gonzales and aaron c. newman to add a database security solution to their products . the dbsecure product was rebranded as database scanner . subsequently iss acquired network ice and integrated their blackice technology into the iss product range . 2 in 2004 chris klaus stepped down from his role of chief technology officer to pursue other interests although he remained a significant shareholder and a role as the company s chief security advisor . his role as chief technology officer was taken by chris rouland . 3 on 23 august 2006 ibm announced its intention to acquire internet security systems for 1.36 billion and its japanese subsidiary iss kk for additional 570m . total acquisition transaction size was 1.93 billion . on 16 october 2006 the deal was approved by iss shareholders . 4 products edit ibm has since discontinued iss signature product the proventia multifunction security appliance . this occurred after a long decline in tech support and licensing renewal service associated with the product . 5 6 current and former product families of iss include 7 blackice internet scanner 8 network sensor 9 proventia realsecure secure log manager server sensor site protector system scanner currently supported products include endpoint secure control enterprise scanner internet scanner ibm open signatures ibm security network intrusion prevention system ips 10 proventia desktop proventia management siteprotector 11 proventia management siteprotector web console proventia network mail security proventia network multi function security proventia server intrusion prevention system for linux 12 proventia server intrusion prevention system for windows proventia web application security proventia web filter virtual server protection for vmware 13 location edit ibm internet security systems is headquartered in sandy springs near atlanta georgia united states . until late 2003 the company had significant development activities in mountain view california united states reading uk and sydney australia but all development has since been relocated to atlanta . the company also maintains sales offices worldwide . 14 ibm security solutions providing support for ibm internet security systems products have support center offices worldwide 15 16 sandy springs near atlanta georgia united states where ibm internet security systems is headquartered brussels belgium brisbane australia tokyo japan bangalore india hortolandia brazil southfield michigan united states toronto canada boulder united states krak w poland heredia costa rica external links edit ibm internet security systems corporate website archive of technical papers and utilities for realsecure references edit iss overview . ibm internet security systems . archived from the original on may 21 2007 . retrieved june 7 2007 . a b iss timeline . ibm internet security systems . archived from the original on april 20 2007 . retrieved june 7 2007 . fisher dennis 11 may 2004 . internet security systems cto steps down . the channel insider . ibm acquired internet security systems for 1.9 billion . ibm to buy iss for us 1.9 billion . cnet news.com . 2005 08 23 . missing or empty url help ; 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