Netwitness

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ManTech+to+Acquire+CTX+Corporation.-a094972239 |title= Mantech acquires CTX Corporation |date= December 6, 2002 }}

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 worldwide market.{{cite web |url= http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061107006166 |title= NetWitness Spins out of Mantech |date= November 7, 2006 }} Since the spin-out, NetWitness focused on products to support deep, real-time network situational awareness and agile network response.{{Buzzword inline|date=November 2022}}

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 was 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.{{cite web |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704398804575071103834150536 |title= Broad New Hacking Attack Detected |author= Siobhan Gorman |date= February 18, 2010 |work= Wall Street Journal}}{{cite web |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/18/massive_hack_attack/ |title= Almost 2,500 firms breached in ongoing hack attack |author= Dan Goodin |date= February 18, 2010 |work= The Register}}{{cite web |url=

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19cyber.html |title= Malicious Software Infects Computers |author= John Markoff |date= February 18, 2010 |work= The New York Times}}{{cite web |url= http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-18/global-hackers-breached-2-400-companies-security-firm-says.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221071712/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-18/global-hackers-breached-2-400-companies-security-firm-says.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 21, 2010 |title= Global Hackers Breached 2,400 Companies, Security Firm Says |author= Jeff Bliss |date= February 18, 2010 |work= Business Week}}

NetWitness Visualize, announced in July 2010, provided a new way to visualize network traffic.{{cite web |url= http://www.infoworld.com/t/security-eventinformation-management/network-forensics-gets-minority-report-style-ui-121 |title= Network forensics gets a 'Minority Report'-style UI |author= Paul F. Roberts |date= July 21, 2010 |work= InfoWorld}}

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/netwitness |title= NetWitness Inc 500 Profile |date= August 21, 2010 |work= Inc Magazine}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/emc-acquires-netwitness-combines-with-rsa/ |title= EMC acquires NetWitness, combines with RSA |website= ZDNet |date= April 4, 2011 }}

NetWitness’ CEO, Amit Yoran, was formerly Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security division.

On March 17th, 2025, NetWitness was acquired by PartnerOne.{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/partnerone-acquires-netwitness-from-rsa-802869516.html|title=PartnerOne Acquires NetWitness from RSA|accessdate=March 19, 2025}}

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• Shawn Carpenter (Principal Analyst)
• Amit Yoran
• Zeus (malware)
• Security information and event management (SIEM)

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