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NetWitness Executive Appointed to Chair Board of Advisors of InfraGard

Business Wire, August 25, 2008

Donald Gilberg, Vice President of Strategic Development, to Advise National Public and Private Sector Alliance Dedicated to the Protection of America's Critical Infrastructure

HERNDON, Va. -- NetWitness Corporation, the leading provider of next generation network security monitoring and active threat intelligence software, today announced that Donald Gilberg, Vice President of Strategic Development, has been named as the new Chairman of the National InfraGard Board of Advisors. InfraGard is a national network of FBI-vetted volunteers who are critical infrastructure subject matter experts in one or more sectors. It provides a trusted forum for the real-time exchange of information and expertise related to the protection of critical infrastructure from both physical and cyber threats, creating a vital link between the FBI and the critical infrastructure owners, operators and experts in local communities.

"InfraGard plays an important role in linking together a broad spectrum of security experts from the private sector with key national law enforcement contacts to ensure our critical infrastructure is protected from unwanted attacks," said Don Gilberg, Vice President of Strategic Development, NetWitness. "In my new role as Chairman, I will assemble a forward-thinking group of security experts and visionaries who can provide true value to private organizations facing advanced persistent threats that require a close partnership with the public sector."

A key benefit of InfraGard is that it enables subject matter experts to share knowledge across sectors to address sector interdependencies within a trusted community. InfraGard has over 26,000 members in more than 80 cities spanning all vital sectors from agriculture to energy to telecommunications. In addition, the InfraGard National Members Alliance governs InfraGard's private sector membership and engages federal, state and local stakeholders in programs outside of the ongoing work with the FBI.

"We are excited to have a veteran security expert and forward thinker leading this very important national effort," said Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan, Chairman of the Board, InfraGard National Members Alliance. "Don represents the true nature of volunteerism and public service that makes this organization so vibrant. With his guidance, we will continue to build out a system that protects this Nation's critical infrastructure from current and future physical and cyber threats."

As Vice President of Strategic Development for NetWitness, Don Gilberg is responsible for developing strategic relationships with public and private organizations critical to the company's overall growth. He previously served as Managing Director of Security Accelerator LLC, a strategic advisory firm serving the homeland security markets and is the former Senior Director of CivitasGroup and an expert on insurance, risk assessment and mitigation, product liability, corporate intelligence and fraud investigations. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Digital Sandbox and the Board of Advisors of Squareloop.

InfraGard membership applications as well as further information about InfraGard are available at www.infragardmembers.org.

About NetWitness

NetWitness[R] Corporation provides patented next generation network monitoring software products that enable organizations to achieve Total Network Knowledge(TM). Users of NetWitness NextGen(TM) can concurrently solve a wide variety of network and security problems, including, insider threat management, data leakage protection, malware activity detection, network performance management, compliance verification and e-discovery. Originally, developed for the US Intelligence Community, NetWitness has evolved to provide enterprises with breakthrough methods of network content analysis and risk determination. Customers include Defense, National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies and Fortune 1000 organizations. For more information visit: www.netwitness.com.

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