Author: dominicpumphrey

Risk Insights Media and Cyber Policy Institute Release Report on Venture Capital Investment and M&A in Cybersecurity

Almost $10 billion was spent funding cybersecurity ventures in the first half of 2021, according to a new report published by Risk Insights Media and the Cyber Policy Institute. The report covered venture capital funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) deals over Q1 and Q2 of 2021. Research into cybersecurity investment illustrates several important trends. Q2 spending was almost double Q1 spending, with $3.6 billion in Q1 and $6.1 billion in Q2. In H1 2021, $2.3 billion was raised by threat intelligence and threat detection and response. Cloud security and SaaS security raised $1.84 billion, and identity and access management ... Read more