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.

As an independent company, NetWitness focused on bringing its network analysis technology to the worldwide market.

[buzzword] In February 2010, NetWitness announced the discovery of a major ZeuS botnet infestation impacting roughly 2,400 companies across the globe.

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.

[11] In August 2010, NetWitness was named the 21st fastest growing private company in the United States in the annual Inc 500 report.