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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 1, 2002</FONT></DIV>

<div align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______</FONT></div>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>

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<B>58-2362189</B></FONT></TD>
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>6303 Barfield Road<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30328</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>vCIS, INC. 2001 STOCK PLAN<BR>
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. RESTATED 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(as amended and restated as of May&nbsp;29, 2001)<BR>
<B>INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1999 INTERNATIONAL STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THOMAS E. NOONAN<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Internet Security Systems, Inc.<BR>
6303 Barfield Road<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30328</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>With a copy to:<BR>
SEAN BOWEN<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
Internet Security Systems, Inc.<BR>
6303 Barfield Road<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30328</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(404)&nbsp;236-2600</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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$0.001 par value,
together with the
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights
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        <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">1,998,979 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17.255</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Includes (i)&nbsp;34,234 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, $.001 par
value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) issuable upon the exercise of options granted under the
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan which have been assumed by the Registrant following
the merger of vCIS, Inc. into a subsidiary of the Registrant as of October&nbsp;30,
2002 and converted into options to purchase shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock, (ii)&nbsp;1,914,745 additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of options granted under the Registrant&#146;s Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan,
(iii)&nbsp;45,000 additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock issuable under the
Registrant&#146;s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (iv)&nbsp;5,000 additional
shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 1999
International Stock Purchase Plan.
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<P><FONT size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of any
stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations or other similar transactions
in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the plan listed above.
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<P><FONT size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on October&nbsp;29, 2002,
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;30, 2002, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;),
completed its acquisition of vCIS, Inc. (&#147;vCIS&#148;), a California corporation,
pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August&nbsp;23, 2002, by and
among the Company, ISSVAC, Inc., a California corporation that is a
wholly owned subsidiary of ISS, vCIS and certain selling shareholders of vCIS
(the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;). Upon consummation of the acquisition, vCIS became a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each option to purchase vCIS common
stock (each, a &#147;vCIS Option&#148;) that was outstanding immediately prior to the
acquisition (the &#147;Effective Time&#148;) (whether or not exercisable and regardless
of the exercise price) was assumed by the Company and converted into an option to
purchase the Company&#146;s Common Stock. Each vCIS Option is now
exercisable for that number of whole shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock equal to the
product, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of the
Company&#146;s Common
Stock, determined by multiplying the number of vCIS shares that were issuable
upon exercise of the option by .04770, the exchange ratio for the merger (the
&#147;Company Option Exchange Ratio&#148;).
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The per share
exercise price for one share of the Company Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of an assumed vCIS Option, after the assumption, will be
equal to the quotient, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, determined by
dividing the price per share of vCIS common stock at which such vCIS Option
was exercisable immediately before the Effective Time by the Company Option
Exchange Ratio.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B></FONT>

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to option plan participants of the Company or vCIS, as the case may
be, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form
S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or
as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus as required by Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 relates to (1)&nbsp;34,234 shares of
the Company&#146;s Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of options granted under the vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan which have
been assumed by the Company following the merger of vCIS, Inc. into a
subsidiary of the Company as of October&nbsp;30, 2002 and converted into options
to purchase shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, (2)&nbsp;1,914,745 additional
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the
Company&#146;s Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, (3)&nbsp;45,000 additional shares
of the Company&#146;s Common Stock issuable under the Company&#146;s 1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan and (4)&nbsp;5,000 additional shares of the Company&#146;s Common
Stock issuable under the Company&#146;s 1999 International Stock Purchase Plan.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference</I></B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed by the Company with the
Commission:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2002;
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal period
ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2002, and for the
fiscal period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13,
2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on
July 24, 2002 and November 1, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-23655 on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;13, 1998, in which the terms, rights and
provisions applicable to the Company&#146;s outstanding Common Stock are described;
and
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;000-23655 on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
with the Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2002, as amended by Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;2, 2002, in which the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Company&#146;s outstanding Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are
described.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration
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<P><FONT size="2">Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities</I></B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</I></B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;King &#038; Spalding is legal counsel to the Company and is giving an opinion
upon the validity of the Company&#146;s Common Stock being registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement. Sam Nunn, a partner at King &#038; Spalding, serves on the
Company&#146;s board of directors.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers</I></B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further provides that to the extent a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding referred to in
subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145, or in the defense of any claim, issue
or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
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<P><FONT size="2">reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights which the indemnified party may be
entitled; that indemnification provided by Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless otherwise
provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of
such person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators; and empowers the corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by
such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liabilities under Section&nbsp;145.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of the director for (i)
any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;the payment of
unlawful dividends or unlawful purchases or redemption of the corporation&#146;s
stock or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law
as the same exists or as it may hereafter be amended, no director of the
Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;XI of the Company&#146;s bylaws further provides that the Company
shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, indemnify each of its directors and executive officers, subject to
limitations, if any, set forth in individual contracts with such directors and
executive officers and limitations on proceedings, or parts thereof, initiated
by such directors or executive officers. The Company has the power to
indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as permitted by
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for
indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent permitted under
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has purchased officers&#146; and directors&#146; liability insurance.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed</I></B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</I></B>
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, dated November&nbsp;14,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.&nbsp;333-44529 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;S-1&#148;), and
incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan (as amended and restated as of August&nbsp;22, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of May&nbsp;29, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Specimen Common Stock Certificate</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.5</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
1999 International Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.6</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Rights Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;18, 2002 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking corporation, as Rights Agent,
which includes the form of Certificate of Designations of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit&nbsp;A, the form of
Rights Certificate as Exhibit&nbsp;B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Junior Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, Registration No.&nbsp;000-23655, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2002 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;8-A&#148;), and
incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.7</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Form&nbsp;8-A and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion and consent of King &#038; Spalding</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of King &#038; Spalding (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-5</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings</I></B>
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the vCIS 2001 Stock Plan and the Company&#146;s Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-6</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Atlanta, State of Georgia on this 31st&nbsp;day of October, 2002.
</FONT>
<CENTER>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
By:</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas E. Noonan</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Thomas E. Noonan<br>
Chairman, President and<br>
Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the persons whose
signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas E. Noonan
and Richard Macchia and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable the Company to
comply with the Securities Act, and any rules or regulations or requirements of
the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the
powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the
undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this
Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and
post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and
all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or
any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-7</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
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<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas E. Noonan<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Thomas E. Noonan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher W. Klaus<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Christopher W. Klaus</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Technology Officer and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Macchia<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Richard Macchia</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Maureen Richards<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Maureen Richards</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Corporate Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert E. Davoli<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Robert E. Davoli</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Kevin J. O&#146;Connor<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Kevin J. O&#146;Connor</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Sam Nunn<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Sam Nunn</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David N. Strohm<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
David N. Strohm</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-8</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></FONT>

<CENTER>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">3.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, dated November&nbsp;14,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">3.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.&nbsp;333-44529 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;S-1&#148;), and
incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan (as awarded and restated as of August 22,
2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of May&nbsp;29, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Specimen Common Stock Certificate</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
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1999 International Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Rights Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;18, 2002 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking corporation, as Rights Agent,
which includes the form of Certificate of Designations of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit&nbsp;A, the form of
Rights Certificate as Exhibit&nbsp;B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Junior Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, Registration No.&nbsp;000-23655, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2002 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;8-A&#148;), and
incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Form&nbsp;8-A and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and consent of King &#038; Spalding</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of King &#038; Spalding (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)</FONT></TD>
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INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 1, 2002
Registration No. 333-_______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
58-2362189
(State or other jurisdiction
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
6303 Barfield Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
vCIS, INC. 2001 STOCK PLAN
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. RESTATED 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated as of May 29, 2001)
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1999 INTERNATIONAL STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
THOMAS E. NOONAN
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Internet Security Systems, Inc.
6303 Barfield Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Name and address of agent for service)
With a copy to:
SEAN BOWEN
General Counsel
Internet Security Systems, Inc.
6303 Barfield Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(404) 236-2600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
of Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)(2)
Share(3)
Price(3)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock,
$0.001 par value,
together with the
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights
related thereto
1,998,979 shares
$
17.255
$
34,492,382.65
$
3,173.30
(1)      Includes (i) 34,234 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $.001 par
value ("Common Stock") issuable upon the exercise of options granted under the
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan which have been assumed by the Registrant following
the merger of vCIS, Inc. into a subsidiary of the Registrant as of October 30,
2002 and converted into options to purchase shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, (ii) 1,914,745 additional shares of Registrant's Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of options granted under the Registrant's Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan,
(iii) 45,000 additional shares of Registrant's Common Stock issuable under the
Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (iv) 5,000 additional
shares of Registrant's Common Stock issuable under the Registrant's 1999
International Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)      Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Registrant's Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of any
stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations or other similar transactions
in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the plan listed above.
(3)      Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on October 29, 2002,
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
On October 30, 2002, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (the "Company"),
completed its acquisition of vCIS, Inc. ("vCIS"), a California corporation,
pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 23, 2002, by and
among the Company, ISSVAC, Inc., a California corporation that is a
wholly owned subsidiary of ISS, vCIS and certain selling shareholders of vCIS
(the "Merger Agreement"). Upon consummation of the acquisition, vCIS became a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each option to purchase vCIS common
stock (each, a "vCIS Option") that was outstanding immediately prior to the
acquisition (the "Effective Time") (whether or not exercisable and regardless
of the exercise price) was assumed by the Company and converted into an option to
purchase the Company's Common Stock. Each vCIS Option is now
exercisable for that number of whole shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to the
product, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of the
Company's Common
Stock, determined by multiplying the number of vCIS shares that were issuable
upon exercise of the option by .04770, the exchange ratio for the merger (the
"Company Option Exchange Ratio").
The per share
exercise price for one share of the Company Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of an assumed vCIS Option, after the assumption, will be
equal to the quotient, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, determined by
dividing the price per share of vCIS common stock at which such vCIS Option
was exercisable immediately before the Effective Time by the Company Option
Exchange Ratio.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to option plan participants of the Company or vCIS, as the case may
be, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form
S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or
as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to (1) 34,234 shares of
the Company's Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of options granted under the vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan which have
been assumed by the Company following the merger of vCIS, Inc. into a
subsidiary of the Company as of October 30, 2002 and converted into options
to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, (2) 1,914,745 additional
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the
Company's Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, (3) 45,000 additional shares
of the Company's Common Stock issuable under the Company's 1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan and (4) 5,000 additional shares of the Company's Common
Stock issuable under the Company's 1999 International Stock Purchase Plan.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed by the Company with the
Commission:
(a)       The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2002;
(b)       The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period
ended March 31, 2002, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2002, and for the
fiscal period ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August 13,
2002;
(c) 
     The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
July 24, 2002 and November 1, 2002;
(d)       The Company's Registration Statement No. 000-23655 on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on March 13, 1998, in which the terms, rights and
provisions applicable to the Company's outstanding Common Stock are described;
and
(e)       The Company's Registration Statement No. 000-23655 on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on July 24, 2002, as amended by Form 8-A/A filed with the
Commission on August 2, 2002, in which the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Company's outstanding Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are
described.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration
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Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
King & Spalding is legal counsel to the Company and is giving an opinion
upon the validity of the Company's Common Stock being registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement. Sam Nunn, a partner at King & Spalding, serves on the
Company's board of directors.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding referred to in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in the defense of any claim, issue
or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and
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reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights which the indemnified party may be
entitled; that indemnification provided by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise
provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of
such person's heirs, executors and administrators; and empowers the corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by
such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liabilities under Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of the director for (i)
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) the payment of
unlawful dividends or unlawful purchases or redemption of the corporation's
stock or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
Article VI of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law
as the same exists or as it may hereafter be amended, no director of the
Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
Article XI of the Company's bylaws further provides that the Company
shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, indemnify each of its directors and executive officers, subject to
limitations, if any, set forth in individual contracts with such directors and
executive officers and limitations on proceedings, or parts thereof, initiated
by such directors or executive officers. The Company has the power to
indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as permitted by
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for
indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent permitted under
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Company has purchased officers' and directors' liability insurance.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated November 14,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein)
3.2
Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-44529 (the "Form S-1"), and
incorporated by reference herein)
4.1
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan (as amended and restated as of August 22, 2002)
4.2
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of May 29, 2002)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate
4.4
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January 31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)
4.5
1999 International Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January 31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)
4.6
Rights Agreement dated as of July 18, 2002 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking corporation, as Rights Agent,
which includes the form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, the form of
Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Junior Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, Registration No. 000-23655, filed with the Commission on July 24, 2002 (the "Form 8-A"), and
incorporated by reference herein)
4.7
Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion and consent of King & Spalding
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)
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Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)       To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)         To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act.
(ii)        To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement.
(iii)      To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
(2) 
     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) 
     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the vCIS 2001 Stock Plan and the Company's Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
(b) 
    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) 
    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Atlanta, State of Georgia on this 31st day of October, 2002.
INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas E. Noonan
Thomas E. Noonan
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the persons whose
signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas E. Noonan
and Richard Macchia and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable the Company to
comply with the Securities Act, and any rules or regulations or requirements of
the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the
powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the
undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this
Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and
post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and
all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or
any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Thomas E. Noonan
Thomas E. Noonan
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
October 31, 2002
/s/  Christopher W. Klaus
Christopher W. Klaus
Chief Technology Officer and Director
October 31, 2002
/s/  Richard Macchia
Richard Macchia
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
October 31, 2002
/s/  Maureen Richards
Maureen Richards
Corporate Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
October 31, 2002
/s/  Robert E. Davoli
Robert E. Davoli
Director
October 31, 2002
/s/  Kevin J. O'Connor
Kevin J. O'Connor
Director
October 31, 2002
/s/  Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn
Director
October 31, 2002
/s/  David N. Strohm
David N. Strohm
Director
October 31, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated November 14,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein)
3.2
Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-44529 (the "Form S-1"), and
incorporated by reference herein)
4.1
vCIS, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan (as awarded and restated as of August 22,
2002)
4.2
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of May 29, 2002)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate
4.4
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January 31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)
4.5
1999 International Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-54670 filed with the Commission on January 31, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein)
4.6
Rights Agreement dated as of July 18, 2002 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking corporation, as Rights Agent,
which includes the form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, the form of
Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Junior Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, Registration No. 000-23655, filed with the Commission on July 24, 2002 (the "Form 8-A"), and
incorporated by reference herein)
4.7
Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion and consent of King & Spalding
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)
II-9