Information technology (IT) security acquisitions are increasing in pace as companies face attacks.

For all the talk about a chronic shortage of exits for venture-backed companies, one segment of the venture capital technology ecosystem is poised to go from hot to hotter.

IT security – the umbrella term for technologies designed to protect the digital superhighway – is coming into its own, and in a big way. Following repeated breaches of government and corporate networks, widespread theft of credit card records and medical records transitioning to digital storage and delivery, the security…