Not everyone in the local startup world is obsessed with the cities: in the realm of cybersecurity, the suburbs west of Boston are seen as the place to be among a number of early-stage companies.

Cloud security startup Conjur, for instance, recently moved from Cambridge to Waltham. Threat prevention startup Confer has been based in Waltham from its start in early 2013. Data protection firm CloudLock and threat detection firm CounterTack also call Waltham home.

They join a number of more-established cybersecurity firms in the suburbs, including RSA (Bedford), Symantec (Waltham office), Kaspersky (Woburn), Veracode (Burlington), and Bit9 (Waltham). IBM, whose security software acquisitions have included Waltham’s Q1 Labs, has its largest local office in Littleton.

Conjur, which was founded in 2011 and employs 10, relocated to Waltham to take advantage of the community of cybersecurity and cloud companies in the area, said marketing VP Kevin O’Brien. The startup has raised seed funding from investors including Avalon Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Andy Palmer, and its customers include Netflix. Conjur has taken up residence at Studio Crossings on Spring Street. “There is a feeling that we can lure in folks who are ready to move on from the downtown or further-afield jobs,” O’Brien said.

Confer, meanwhile, has its office in Waltham because it needs “a backbone of seasoned engineers who know how to build real products,” a spokesperson said in an email. “They live in the suburbs, an hour plus from downtown or Cambridge.”

However, Confer—backed by $8 million from North Bridge and Matrix—is also going after the younger talent living in the cities, with a smaller office on Boylston Street in Boston, the spokesperson said.

At CloudLock, which has raised $28 million from investors including Bessemer and Ascent, proximity to talent has also been paramount in choosing to locate in the suburbs.

“For us, Waltham has also been a major convenience factor as a location for our employees as a central hub for people who commute from within the city and the suburbs alike,” chief executive Gil Zimmermann said in an email. “Everyone told us that ‘You have to be in Cambridge.’ Our experience has actually shown that we are able to attract a unique group of people that a company based in Cambridge would have a harder time attracting.”

Still, it’s worth noting that a number of cybersecurity startups are in fact finding the cities attractive: Cambridge is home to the likes of BitSight, Co3 Systems, Cybereason, Onapsis, and Threat Stack, while Boston is the headquarters for Pwnie Express.