Company:Narus Inc.
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California , |
Number of locations | United States , India |
| Products | Originally a company focused on telecommunications billing and customer market intelligence. After 2001 the company pivoted towards providing network intelligence gathering software to governments around the world. |
Narus Inc. was a software company and vendor of big data analytics for cybersecurity.
History
In 1997, Ori Cohen, Vice President of Business and Technology Development for VDONet, founded Narus with Stas Khirman in Israel.[1] Presently, they are employed with Deutsche Telekom AG and are not members of Narus' executive team.[2][3][4] In 2010, Narus became a subsidiary of Boeing, located in Sunnyvale, California.[5][6] In 2015, Narus was sold to Symantec.[7]
Here are some of the key events in Narus's history:
- 1997: Narus is founded.
- 2001: Narus's products are used to track the September 11th terrorist attacks.
- 2004: Narus's products are used to track the spread of the Stuxnet worm.
- 2014: Narus is acquired by Boeing.
- 2015: Boeing's Phantom Works Intelligence & Analytics business is formed.
Narus was a pioneer in the field of big data analytics for cybersecurity. The company's products helped to protect organizations from a variety of cyber threats. Narus's products are no longer available, but Boeing's Phantom Works Intelligence & Analytics business continues to offer cybersecurity solutions.
Management
In 2004, Narus employed former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, William Crowell as a director. From the Press Release announcing this:[8]
Crowell is an independent security consultant and holds several board positions with a variety of technology and technology-based security companies.
Since 11 September 2001, Crowell served on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Task Force on Terrorism and Deterrence, the National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, and the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
Narus software
Narus software primarily captures various computer network traffic in real-time and analyzes results.[9][10]
Before 9/11 Narus built carrier-grade tools to analyze IP network traffic for billing purposes, to prevent what Narus called "revenue leakage". Post-9/11 Narus added more "semantic monitoring abilities" for surveillance.
Mobile
Narus provided Telecom Egypt with deep packet inspection equipment, a content-filtering technology that allows network managers to inspect, track and target content from users of the Internet and mobile phones, as it passes through routers. The national telecommunications authorities of both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are global Narus customers.[11]
Controversies
AT&T wiretapping room
Narus supplied the software and hardware used at AT&T wiretapping rooms, according to whistleblowers Thomas Drake,[12] and Mark Klein.[13]
See also
- Carnivore
- Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act
- Computer surveillance
- ECHELON
- Hepting vs. AT&T, the 2006 lawsuit in which the Electronic Frontier Foundation alleges AT&T allowed the NSA to tap the entirety of its clients' Internet and voice over IP communications using Narus equipment.
- Lincoln (surveillance)
- Room 641A
- SIGINT
- Total Information Awareness
- Verint Systems
References
- ↑ "Ori Cohen: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1635969&privcapId=29785875&previousCapId=22903&previousTitle=Sequoia%20Capital.
- ↑ "Executive Team | Narus". http://www.narus.com/company/executive-team/.
- ↑ Fogel, Raphael (11 July 2006). "Ori Cohen, private eye". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/news/ori-cohen-private-eye-1.192771.
- ↑ "Executive Team". Narus. http://narus.com/company/executive-team.
- ↑ "Boeing buying cybersecurity firm Narus". Bloomberg Businessweek. Associated Press (St. Louis). 8 July 2010. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GQTHC00.htm.
- ↑ "Boeing Completes Acquisition of Narus". benzinga.com. 29 July 2010. http://www.benzinga.com/markets/company-news/10/07/402829/boeing-completes-acquisition-of-narus.
- ↑ "Symantec Acquires Boeing's Cybersecurity Unit in a Bid to Boost Big Data Capabilities". https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2015/01/14/symantec-acquires-boeings-cybersecurity-unit-in-a-bid-to-boost-big-data-capabilities/#79c92f7435a1.
- ↑ "Narus Appoints Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency To Its Board of Directors". http://narus.com/press/2004/0929.html.
- ↑ "Boeing: Narus". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/narus/index.html.
- ↑ "Narus Networks Private Limited: Private Company Information". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=59181865.
- ↑ "One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown". 2011-01-28. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/one-us-corporations-role-_b_815281.html.
- ↑ "Drake declaration in support of plaintiffs' motion". Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2012-07-02. https://www.eff.org/document/drake-declaration-support-plaintiffs-motion.
- ↑ What was the Israeli involvement in collecting U.S. communications intel for NSA? The Marker, Haaretz, The Associated Press and Reuters, Jun. 8, 2013 at http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.528529 .retrieved on 7-18-13
External links
- Wired News article
- Wired News article (AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein discusses Narus STA 6400)
- Frontline Flash Video "Spying on the Home Front" TV documentary originally aired on PBS 15 May 2007 with a section entitled "The NSA's Eavesdropping at AT&T" with the story of Mark Klein exposing NSA wiretapping with a secure room and Narus STA 6400 at an AT&T facility in San Francisco, CA
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