HERNDON, VA – April 15, 2008 – NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of advanced detection and analysis solutions for improving recognition and rapid mitigation of complex network threats, today announced the appointment of three members to its Board of Directors. H.P. Goldfield, Vice Chairman of Stonebridge International; John Watters, Chairman and CEO of iSIGHT Partners; and Suzanne Gorman, Director of Governance at Omgeo have joined NetWitness as members of the Board of Directors.
"NetWitness is extremely fortunate to have Directors from diverse and strategic fields join our Board. We welcome them because they bring invaluable experience and unique perspectives to help us continue to establish our leading position in the information security software industry,” said Amit Yoran, Chairman of the Board and CEO, NetWitness Corporation.
H.P. Goldfield is Vice Chairman of Stonebridge International, LLC, based in Washington, DC. Stonebridge is an international strategic advisory firm which advises and assists multinational companies globally on strategic challenges and opportunities. Mr. Goldfield also serves as a senior international advisor at the global law firm of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P, Washington, DC, where he advises domestic and foreign clients on international trade and related activities and conflict resolution. Mr. Goldfield’s responsibilities also include the development and execution of legislative and regulatory strategies. Mr. Goldfield also served as Associate Counsel to the President at the White House and as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Black & Veatch Holding company, serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Middle East Institute, and is a member of the Board of the Israel Policy Forum. He was also appointed to the National Chamber Foundation Board of Directors at the US Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Goldfield earned a JD Degree from Georgetown University Law Center, a Master’s Degree in Urban Studies from Occidental College, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Asian Studies, Cum Laude, from Connecticut College in 1973.
John P. Watters is Chairman and CEO of iSIGHT Partners, a Global Risk Mitigation company based in Dallas, Texas. Earlier, Mr. Watters was Chairman and CEO of iDEFENSE until its successful acquisition by Verisign in 2005. In the 15 years prior to entering the risk management business with the iDEFENSE acquisition, Mr. Watters was Chairman and CEO of several large diversified investment companies managing principal investments totaling more than $300M. He has served on over 20 corporate and non-profit Board of Directors. He has been actively involved in supporting scholarships for inner-city children in Dallas. Currently he serves on the Investment Committee of the Jesuit Foundation in Dallas and is the Chairman of its Investment Committee since 2000. Mr. Watters graduated from Santa Clara University, and attended the London School of Economics.
Suzanne Gorman is the Director of Governance at Omgeo, the market leader in development and deployment of post-trade, pre-settlement solutions. Prior to Omgeo, Ms. Gorman served as the Managing Director of Corporate Information Security for the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) for 15 years. At SIAC and The NYSE Group, Ms. Gorman designed and implemented a comprehensive Information Security program. She has over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services Sector with a strong focus on Information Security. As an active contributor on numerous government councils and advisory committees, she worked on government initiatives at the state and national level. Ms. Gorman has served as the Chairperson of the Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS/ISAC) and ISAC Council. In September 2003, Information Security Magazine identified Ms. Gorman as one of the top 25 “Women of Vision”. In December 2006, Network World named Ms. Gorman as one of "The 50 Most Powerful People in Networking".
About NetWitness NetWitness Corporation provides patented next generation security monitoring products that enable organizations to achieve Total Network Knowledge™. Users of NetWitness NextGen can concurrently solve a wide variety of network and security problems, including, insider threat management, data leakage protection, malware activity detection, network performance management, and compliance verification. NetWitness Investigator and Informer provide definitive answers to tough security problems and threats through automated and interactive network understanding of application layer data and related content. Originally, developed for the US Intelligence Community, NetWitness has evolved to provide enterprises with breakthrough methods of network content analysis and risk determination. Customers include Defense, National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies and Fortune 1000 organizations. To set up a 30-day NetWitness evaluation in your environment, please email sales@netwitness.com. For additional information, please visit www.netwitness.com.