美國網絡安全初創企業籌資創新高
Cyber security start-ups raised more than $1bn for the first time in a single quarter as investors bet on them benefiting after several high profile attacks by hackers on large companies.
網絡安全初創企業首次在一個季度就籌集逾10億美元。在黑客對大公司發起多次備受矚目的網絡攻擊後，投資者押注此類企業將會受益。Venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, as well as VC arms of banks and technology companies, are pouring money into the sector as they anticipate rapid growth in cyber security budgets.
由於預期網絡安全預算會迅猛增長，包括安德森•霍洛維茨基金(Andreessen Horowitz)和凱鵬華盈(Kleiner Perkins)在內的風投公司、以及各銀行和高科技企業的風投部門，正向該行業大舉投資。
Demand for these services are expected to soar after high levels of publicity for recent attacks on big companies from Sony Pictures to Home Depot.
在索尼影視娛樂(Sony Pictures)和家得寶(Home Depot)等大企業近期遭遇網絡攻擊，並被輿論高調曝光後，對網絡安全服務的需求預計會出現激增。
Funding for cyber security companies hit $1.02bn in the first quarter, up from $540m for the first three months of last year and almost double the same period of 2014, according to data from private company research firm PrivCo.
根據私企研究公司PrivCo的數據，今年第一季度網絡安全企業籌集的資金達到10.2億美元，接近去年同期5.4億美元籌資規模的兩倍。This came on top of an already buoyant 2014, in which security start-ups hit $2.3bn in funding, up more than a third from the year before. Four years ago, total annual funding was less than $1bn.
對網絡安全初創企業來說，2014年原本就相當熱火，它們在該年籌資23億美元，比前一年高了逾三分之一。在四年前，全年籌資規模還不到10億美元。Sam Hamadeh, chief executive of PrivCo, said the record levels of funding were spurred by ramped up corporate spending and predictions that smartphone security was becoming a serious problem for companies whose employees deal in sensitive data from their mobiles.
PrivCo首席執行官山姆•哈馬登(Sam Hamadeh)表示，根據預測，對於那些員工用手機處理敏感數據的企業來說，智能手機的安全正成爲一個嚴重問題，這項預測加上企業增加相關支出，推動着網絡安全行業的籌資規模達到創紀錄水平。
