Pain Management for Entrepreneurs: Working with Venture Capital

Although information systems security is acknowledged as one of technology's most critical areas of need, there is a sizable gap between available technical approaches to security and the capabilities of current commercial products. This reflects acknowledged issues in technology transfer. The author, a veteran of both information security research and commercial security product venture capital organizations, provides a discussion of the motivations and considerations associated with this part of the technology transfer world. © 2003-2012 IEEE.