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The Argument For More Cybersecurity Startups

2024/11/14
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Allen Albertson
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Alumina
领导Adlumin推动中型市场组织的企业级安全解决方案，并完成7000万美元的B轮融资。
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Carl Lane
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Ross Haleliuk
专注于网络安全初创公司建设和投资的行业领袖和作者。
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Said Trabelsi
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Spencer
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Ross Haleliuk 认为网络安全初创企业由于行业特性，容易获得早期客户并维持生存，但难以快速扩张。Said Trabelsi 认为初创企业数量并不多，并支持最佳实践方法，即针对特定威胁使用最佳工具。Spencer 认为网络安全领域过度复杂化，导致机构不必要的额外工具支出。Carl Lane 认为网络安全解决方案领域混乱，只有风险投资公司从中获益。Allen Albertson 指出大多数网络安全初创企业缺乏市场推广能力，并且没有组建合适的销售团队。Alumina 认为网络安全初创企业缺乏市场推广能力，过度依赖概念验证。

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The discussion begins with the unique challenges faced by cybersecurity startups, questioning why traditional startup rules don't apply in this sector and why unicorns are rare.
  • Cybersecurity startups often succeed by gaining a few initial customers and maintaining that level, making rapid scaling difficult.
  • The high importance of trust and trust-based relationships in cybersecurity makes it easier for startups to secure initial customers but harder to scale.

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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series).

Check out these) posts) for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark) (@dspark)), the producer of CISO Series), and Ross Haleliuk), author, Venture in Security). Be sure to check out Ross's podcast, Inside the Network), and his book Cyber for Builders: The Essential Guide to Building a Cybersecurity Startup). In this episode:

A market response to industry failure Is this a business or a feature? The economics of startups Practicality over novelty

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