Security Professionals Vote NetWitness NextGen as Best Computer Forensics Solution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 22, 2009 – NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of next generation network monitoring and threat analysis solutions, announced that its NextGen solution received a coveted SC Magazine’s 2009 Reader Trust Award. The awards were given out last night at the SC Awards Gala held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA.
As the Reader Trust Award winner for the Best Computer Forensics Solution, NetWitness NextGen was selected from more than 700 entries submitted in more than 30 technology categories. The Reader Trust Voting Panel is comprised of a cross-section of SC Magazine readership that is comprised of large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets.
“SC Magazine readers have voted for NetWitness NextGen as the Best Computer Forensics Solution from among hundreds of high quality, competitive entries,” said Illena Armstrong, Editor-In-Chief of SC Magazine. “The Reader Trust Award is a true recognition of the leadership and success of NetWitness in IT security.”
NetWitness NextGen represents a significant leap in network security monitoring visibility and in the management of advanced persistent threats faced by organizations today. Based upon a dedicated and extensible full packet capture and session analysis infrastructure, NextGen performs both rules-based and interactive session analysis across the entire protocol stack, up to and including content and the application layer. NetWitness NextGen is designed for enterprises to address concurrent problems of insider threat management, data leakage protection, compliance verification, network e-discovery, and designer malware and zero-day detection. In the largest government organizations, top banks and in many large public and private organizations around the world, NextGen has proven to reduce the time for problem identification and resolution while providing never before seen clarity and context in the incident identification and response processes. This advanced capability lowers the cost, risk and business impact of cyber threats.
“It is an honor to receive this award. It underscores our ability to deliver a solution that meets today’s complex security challenges,” said Nick Lantuh, President of NetWitness. “With visibility into advanced cyber threats, our customers have been able to identify and address fraudulent activities, internally compromised systems, data being exfiltrated, malicious employees and compliance verification gaps.”
For more information and a detailed list of categories and winners, please visit www.scmagazineus.com/awards.
About SC Magazine SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. The brand’s portfolio includes the SC Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC Magazine IT Security Executives Forums.
About NetWitness NetWitness® Corporation provides patented next generation network security monitoring software products. Users of NetWitness NextGen™ can concurrently solve a wide variety of information security problems including: advanced persistent threat management, data leakage protection, malware activity detection, insider threat detection, GRC controls verification and network-based e-discovery. Originally developed for the US Intelligence Community, NetWitness has evolved to provide enterprises with breakthrough methods of network content analysis and risk verification and determination. Customers include Defense, National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies, Top 10 U.S. Banks, Critical Infrastructure, and Fortune 1000 organizations.
To download the freeware version of NetWitness Investigator, visit http://download.netwitness.com. For more information about securing your entire organization with NetWitness NextGen, contact: sales@netwitness.com .