Security Publication’s Readership Selects NetWitness NextGen™ for its Innovative Next Generation Network Monitoring Technology
HERNDON, VA – January 7, 2008 – NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of next generation network monitoring technology, today announced its selection as a finalist in SC Magazine’s annual Reader Choice Awards. Nominated for “Best Computer Forensics Solution,” NetWitness NextGen™ helps organizations cope with today’s most complex cyber threats by closing the gaps in their network visibility. NetWitness NextGen utilizes patented full packet capture and session analysis techniques combined with breakthrough methods of data presentation, automated content analysis, and information risk determination based upon facts, rather than guesswork or statistics.
NetWitness was selected from among more than 600 entries submitted in over 30 technology categories. SC Magazine readers determined the finalists by voting for the solutions that they believe most effectively help address the problems for which they were designed. NetWitness NextGen provides an unparalleled security solution that focuses on situational awareness through pervasive data collection and modeling. With ten years of development invested in the core technology, NetWitness NextGen has evolved into a patented enterprise infrastructure which offers a solution to the toughest security questions and problems.
“Finalists in this year’s SC Magazine awards, including NetWitness, represent a cross section of the security industry’s best in class,” said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. “Our readers recognize that these companies are making today’s businesses more secure.”
“We offer the industry's first and only solution that records everything on an organization’s network to solve multiple challenges such as insider threats, data leakage, malware activity, asset misuse, network anomalies, compliance, and e-discovery,” said Tim Belcher, CTO of NetWitness Corporation. “We are honored to be recognized for our innovation by the readers of SC Magazine as a finalist for ‘Best Computer Forensics Solution’ and will continue to develop the industry’s most comprehensive and effective threat management solutions.”
The annual SC Magazine Awards have recognized key security providers and outstanding products for more than a decade. As the industry’s preeminent award program, the shortlisted companies and products address not only the pressing challenges of today, but also are on a continued mission to tackle the emerging threats of tomorrow. A panel of industry experts will make the final selection of this year’s winners. The winners will be honored at an awards presentation dinner on April 8, 2008, in San Francisco, California. The complete list of 2008 SC Magazine Award Finalists is available online here.
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About NetWitness NetWitness® Corporation provides patented next generation network monitoring software products that enable organizations to achieve Total Network KnowledgeTM. Users of NetWitness NextGenTM can concurrently solve a wide variety of network and security problems, including, insider threat management, data leakage protection, malware activity detection, network performance management, compliance verification and e-discovery. This infrastructure provides definitive answers to tough security problems and threats through automated 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. For more information please visit: www.netwitness.com.