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If you want to invest in some larger publicly traded companies, there is a new cybersecurity ETF, ticker symbol HACK. You could buy some shares of the ETF or sh
by larrykubin 12y ago
If you want to invest in some larger publicly traded companies, there is a new cybersecurity ETF, ticker symbol HACK. You could buy some shares of the ETF or shares of some of the individual holdings. A list of holdings can be found here:
http://www.pureetfs.com/etfs/hack.html http://www.pureetfs.com/etfs/hack.html
- chubot 12y agoHm it sounds interesting. But I'm wondering if the managers of this fund have actual computer security knowledge, or are "general investor" types: http://www.pureetfs.com/about.html http://www.pureetfs.com/about.html Partnering with "world class industry experts" is a bit too vague for me. It sounds like they are spread across many verticals, so it's hard to judge their expertise in a particular vertical. I think most current security solutions aren't very good. There's a really big problem with information asymmetry, in that the customers of security products have less knowledge than the vendors. If that's true, then I imagine that most of the value created in the security space in the next 10 years will be from new companies. Would you buy this fund yourself? Just trying to be a bit critical :) Thanks for the information.
- secabeen 12y agoThey only have 2 funds right now, so it's hard to say about their expertise.
- justincormack 12y agoThe don't need expertise it is just an index fund, like the majority of ETFs, it is based on the ISE Cyber Security Index http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141111006259/en/ISE-ETF-Ventures-Launches-ISE-Cyber-Security%E2%84%A2 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141111006259/en/ISE-... and has a bit of Juniper and a bit of Splunk and other publicly listed "security" companies.