Sorting Out Which Cybersecurity Firms Will Do the Best Job

By Russ Mitchell Los Angeles Times - Dec 13, 2015

Los Angeles — His reputation scorched by Edward Snowden, the former director of the National Security Agency is heading a cybersecurity startup that aims to shortcircuit data leakers, cyber warriors, terrorists and thieves. Keith Alexander’s new company, IronNet, is just one of dozens, possibly hundreds, of cybersecurity startups, a group that over the last couple of years has attracted nearly $5 billion in investments. “It’s the new...