Netwitness

Netwitness
NetWitness Corporation
Type Division of EMC Corporation
Industry Network Security
Founded 2006
Headquarters Reston, Virginia, USA
Area served Worldwide
Key people Amit Yoran, (CEO)
Eddie Schwartz, (CSO)
Tim Belcher, (CTO)
Dana Duffy, (CFO)
Jaci Vilardo, (VP Federal Sales)
Peter Ballas, (VP Commercial Sales)
Brian Girardi, (VP Product Management)
Products NetWitness NextGen
Website Netwitness.com

NetWitness is a Reston, Virginia-based network security company that provides real-time network forensics and automated threat analysis solutions. It markets its flagship product NetWitness NextGen.

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History

In the mid-1990s the NetWitness technology was established by CTX Corporation, a Washington D.C. based system integrator. The technology, initially chartered as a US Government research project, was created to help analysts better understand large volumes of captured network data for various types of investigations.

In December 2002, CTX Corporation was acquired by Mantech International Corporation (NASDAQMANT).[1] At Mantech the technology was further developed to aid Federal Law Enforcement in criminal investigations and support professional service engagements for the Federal Government and commercial organizations.

In November 2006, NetWitness Corporation was spun out of Mantech as an independent company to focus on bringing its network analysis technology to the world-wide market.[2] Since the spinout, NetWitness has brought to market a suite of products to support deep, real-time network situational awareness, agile network response and expand their patented NetWitness NextGen™technology.

In November 2008, NetWitness delivered a freeware version of their Investigator product.

In February 2010, NetWitness announced the discovery of a major ZeuS botnet infestation impacting roughly 2,400 companies across the globe. The company dubbed this botnet the “Kneber ZeuS botnet” after the criminal gang involved. This news went viral as it shed light on the continued vulnerabilities of the world’s corporate Information Security practices and provided a deep dive understanding of the inner-workings of a botnet.[3][4][5][6]

In July 2010, NetWitness announced the availability of NetWitness Visualize, a revolutionary way to visualize network traffic. [7]

In August 2010, NetWitness was named the 21st fastest growing private company in the United States in the annual Inc 500 report. With 7,745.8 percent three year growth, the company was also ranked as the fastest growing privately held enterprise security product company and the fastest growing company in the Washington, D.C. area. [8]

On April 1, 2011, NetWitness was acquired by EMC Corporation for an undisclosed amount and operates as a part of RSA Security.

Netwitness’ first and current CEO is Amit Yoran, former Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security division. NetWitness also employs Shawn Carpenter, a notable security analyst that discovered operation Titan Rain in 2005.

NetWitness customers include Defense, national law enforcement and intelligence agencies, top US and European Banks, and Global 1000 organizations.

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