merged into rsa security . discuss proposed since october 2016 . a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message netwitness corporation former type private industry network security fate acquired by emc corporation predecessor mantech international successor emc corporation founded 2006 defunct 2011 headquarters reston virginia united states area served worldwide key people amit yoran nick lantuh website www.emc.com security rsa netwitness.htm netwitness corporation was a reston virginia based network security company that provides real time network forensics and automated threat analysis solutions . its flagship product was netwitness nextgen . in 2011 netwitness was acquired by emc corporation . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . ctx corporation was subsequently acquired by mantech international corporation nasdaq mant in december 2002 . 2 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 by nick lantuh who was brought in to run the netwitness product group and execute the spin out . as an independent company netwitness focused on bringing its network analysis technology to the world wide market . 3 since the spin out netwitness focused on products to support deep real time network situational awareness and agile network response . 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 . 4 5 6 7 netwitness visualize announced in july 2010 provided a revolutionary way to visualize network traffic . 8 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 . 9 on april 1 2011 netwitness was acquired by emc corporation for an undisclosed amount . former netwitness products were integrated into emc s security division rsa security . 10 netwitness ceo amit yoran was formerly director of the department of homeland security s national cyber security division . netwitness also employed shawn carpenter a notable security analyst that discovered operation titan rain in 2005 . see also edit washington d.c. portal computer security portal shawn carpenter principal analyst amit yoran zeus trojan horse references edit emc acquires netwitness combines with rsa . april 4 2011 . mantech acquires ctx corporation . december 6 2002 . netwitness spins out of mantech . november 7 2006 . siobhan gorman february 18 2010 . broad new hacking attack detected . wall street journal . dan goodin february 18 2010 . almost 2 500 firms breached in ongoing hack attack . the register . john markoff february 18 2010 . malicious software infects computers . the new york times . jeff bliss february 18 2010 . global hackers breached 2 400 companies security firm says . business week . paul f. roberts july 21 2010 . network forensics gets a minority report style ui . infoworld . netwitness inc 500 profile . inc magazine . august 21 2010 . emc acquires netwitness combines with rsa . april 4 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title netwitness & oldid 742707003 categories computer security companiescompanies based in reston virginiahidden categories articles to be merged from october 2016all articles to be mergedwikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from november 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what 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