Although security breaches make the headlines regularly and Washington has plans to upgrade the security of the United States’ national infrastructure, up-and-coming IT security companies are having difficulty securing investment funds. “It seems there’s been a general shift among venture capitalists away from security,” Jim Pflaging, director and managing principal at SINET, stated at a private lunch at the 2011 IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF), held in Palo Alto recently.