NetWitness, an RSA® Group company and the world’s trusted provider of cybersecurity technologies and incident response services, welcomes Ken Naumann as its new Chief Executive Officer.
“NetWitness has long prided itself on pushing the boundaries of advanced detection and response capabilities, which is becoming more universal in an industry renaissance that prioritizes investment in threat detection,” said Rohit Ghai, CEO of RSA Group. “With decades of enterprise technology and cybersecurity experience, Ken brings the right mix of growth, strategy and diligence to take NetWitness to the next level.”
Naumann joins NetWitness from AccessData, a provider of digital forensic investigation technology, where as CEO he led the company’s growth. Under his leadership and direction, AccessData was one of the world’s leading data forensics providers before it was eventually acquired by Exterro. During his 25-year career, Naumann has served as CEO of various publicly traded private equity and venture-backed companies primarily focused on social media compliance and information security. Naumann has also held leadership positions in fast-growing companies in the vulnerability assessment and incident response industries, including Guidance Software, now part of OpenText, and BindView, later acquired by Symantec.
“NetWitness has served the global infosec community for decades, reaching large, complex enterprises and government agencies. The company’s focus was on strengthening network, endpoint and protocol analytics in any computing environment,” said Naumann. “I’m excited to be part of this journey and to innovate our solutions to become smarter, more automated and more accessible in the cloud.”
NetWitness began as a government-sponsored research project to examine network packets for cyber threats and develop tools to detect and respond to them. Since then, the technology has continuously evolved and been renewed to combat today’s most sophisticated attacks. NetWitness now offers fully integrated components for network, protocol, endpoint and IoT detection and response. NetWitness XDR has a long history and is used worldwide. The solution integrates directly with the world’s most important and widely used tools, as well as many specific and industry-related solutions.
Naumann’s appointment as CEO coincides with the launch of the NetWitness Platform XDR 12, the industry’s most comprehensive advanced detection and response solution.
