In the ranks of technology incubator programs, there is AngelPad here in San Francisco and Y Combinator about 40 miles south in Mountain View. And then there is the Pentagon.
In the last year, former Department of Defense and intelligence agency operatives have headed to Silicon Valley to create technology startups specializing in tools aimed at thwarting online threats. Frequent reports of cyberattacks have expanded the demand for security tools, in both the public and private sectors, and venture capital money has followed. In 2012, more than $1 billion in venture financing poured into security startups, more than double the amount in 2010, according to the National Venture Capital Association.
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