IBM owns some of the world’s leading IT security talent, products, and services, but executives with the massive company say it will likely never aim to become what people might label as a true “security vendor.” The technology giant has added high-profile security assets in the last year alone, acquiring such companies as applications testing specialist Watchfire in June 2007 and managed services and hardware giant ISS in Aug. 2006. However, unlike rivals like Microsoft — which has moved to stake a claim in the anti-virus, messaging, and collaboration security segments with its own products — executives say that Big Blue is more interested in blending security further into its existing products and services than it is hopeful of becoming a more mainstream security provider.