Ionic Security protects your data with $9.4M

Ionic Security is putting data first with its management and protection tool. The company received $9.4 million in a follow-on to its first round of funding today.

Investor: Symantec and McAfee need to scrap anti-virus roots and pivot

Symantec and McAfee need to stop focusing on anti-virus software and start solving bigger problems or they run the risk of becoming obsolete, says KPCB's Ted Schlein.

AlienVault grabs $22M to bring open-source security to government

AlienVault, based in California and Madrid, announced $22.4 million in new funding will go toward bringing open-source security to government, enterprise and education.

The funding coincidentally closed on July 5 — the same day a big Internet security threat loomed …

Kleiner Perkins’ new fund will bring new faces to the fore

As Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers raises its 15th fund, there are signs the venerable VC firm is getting ready for a changing of the guard.

Longtime general partners Brook Byers, Ray Lane, and Bill Joy will not be general …