Company: IBM
Date: 2009-12-11
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Once a company defined by innovation, ISS has been heavily diluted by the hierarchy and structure of IBM
Pros: Their security portfolio was truly at the forefront of the industry, they built an incredibly astute R&D organisation and had very capable sales people.  Unfortunately the principles and culture which formed the foundations of ISS as a great company, weren't able to be effectively integrated into IBM.  The company became distracted with complex back-end integration issues and seemingly took their eyes off the road.
Cons: Process overheads were introduced, key people could no longer be retained, product development stalled and inevitably their leadership position began to erode.  Management 'generalists' with little-to-no security industry knowledge were introduced to fill in the gaps and suddenly the real essence of 'GO ISS!' is nowhere to be seen.