NetWitness Launches BOS Security Solution

When you can capture all of your enterprise traffic and analyze it in real time, sometimes there are some shocking things that are shown to your network analysts. Like those Instant Messages your married corporate lawyer is sending to the temp in accounting talking about hooking up? How about that sales manager, who instead of closing the latest big deal, is sending emails to Craigslist hookers? Or that guy in shipping and receiving who took an iPhone photo of the latest prototype product designs and sent the pics via the corporate wireless to his home computer? If you are in charge of corporate security you may want to shove your head in the sand instead of confronting awkward incidents like these.

At NetWitness I routinely see these types of security situations when working with current and potential clients. I warn them up front that there will be some surprises, whether it be botnet infections, insider illegal activities, or privacy violations. But sometimes they are unprepared to face the reality of poor network design, weak network security controls and the breach of trust from malicious internal users.

And sometimes, you get that rare panicky Chief Information Security Officer, who, when faced with awkward realities like insider exfiltration or privacy exposures, will actually yank the solution from the network instead of capturing the network traffic and working to resolve his enterprise weaknesses.

So here’s to you, “Mr. Panicky OMFG Yank the Cable Guy!” A security solution that is cheap, portable, and will be sure not to spoil your fantasy of perfect network security. The NetWitness BOS is for you. A 5 Gallon bucket and a 50 pound bag of sand. It ships with a convenient carrying handle. Installation is easy; just stick you head in it and pour the sand on top and you can keep giving the same thumbs-up sign you always gave to your corporate leaders and shareholders. At 200 bucks, this is sure to be a hit with Mr. Panicky.