With the recent purchase announcement of ISS by IBM we found some questions come to the surface. In order to help smooth over any possibly ruffled feathers Ellen Messemer from Network World sat down with Chris Klaus, the founder and CSO of ISS to find out some answers.
“How did you get the idea for ISS?
Internet Security Systems started off as a personal security research project to build the world’s first public security scanner for the Internet. This security scanner that would analyze a network, determine vulnerabilities, and provide a report on what to correct, originally was inspired by reading a book by William Gibson called Neuromancer. In this book, the term “cyberspace” was first coined, and the vivid description of cyberspace inspired me to apply some of the book’s concepts towards the Internet in 1992. ”
Tags: ISS, IBM, ISS Acquisition, IBM Future Plans
