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Narus Inc.

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Narus Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySoftware
Founded1997
Defunct2014
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
,
United States
Number of locations
United States, India
ProductsOriginally 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

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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] In 2010, Narus became a subsidiary of Boeing, located in Sunnyvale, California.[4] In 2015, Narus was sold to Symantec.[5][6]

Management

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In 2004, Narus employed former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, William Crowell as a director.[7]

Narus software

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Narus software primarily captures various computer network traffic in real-time and analyzes results.[8][9]

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

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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.[10]

Controversies

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AT&T wiretapping room

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Main article: Room 641A

Narus supplied the software and hardware used at AT&T wiretapping rooms, according to whistleblowers Thomas Drake,[11] and Mark Klein.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ori Cohen: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Executive Team | Narus". Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. ^ Fogel, Raphael (11 July 2006). "Ori Cohen, private eye". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Boeing buying cybersecurity firm Narus". Bloomberg Businessweek. St. Louis. Associated Press. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Symantec Acquires Boeing's Cybersecurity Unit in a Bid to Boost Big Data Capabilities". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  6. ^ "Symantec Inks Deal with Boeing's Narus Security Division - Analyst Blog". Yahoo Finance. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  7. ^ "Narus Appoints Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency To Its Board of Directors". Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved 2017-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Boeing: Narus". Boeing. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Narus Networks Private Limited: Private Company Information". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  10. ^ "One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown". HuffPost. 2011-01-28.
  11. ^ "Drake declaration in support of plaintiffs' motion". Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2012-07-02.
  12. ^ 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
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  • 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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