Narus Inc. Explained

Narus Inc.
Type:	Subsidiary
Foundation:	1997
Defunct:	2014
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]} In 2010, Narus became a subsidiary of Boeing, located in Sunnyvale, California.^[4] In 2015, Narus was sold to Symantec.^{[5] [6]}

Management

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

Narus software

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

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

AT&T wiretapping room

See 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

• Carnivore (software)
• 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

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

Notes and References

1. News: Ori Cohen: Executive Profile & Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015214857/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1635969&privcapId=29785875&previousCapId=22903&previousTitle=Sequoia%20Capital. dead. October 15, 2012. 17 September 2011. Bloomberg Businessweek.
2. Web site: Executive Team | Narus . 2013-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130806053630/http://narus.com/company/executive-team . 2013-08-06 . dead .
3. News: Fogel. Raphael. Ori Cohen, private eye. 17 September 2011. Haaretz. 11 July 2006.
4. News: Boeing buying cybersecurity firm Narus. 18 September 2011. Bloomberg Businessweek. 8 July 2010. Associated Press. St. Louis. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501023943/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GQTHC00.htm. 1 May 2011.
5. Web site: Symantec Acquires Boeing's Cybersecurity Unit in a Bid to Boost Big Data Capabilities. Forbes. 2016-03-28.
6. Web site: 2015-01-15 . Symantec Inks Deal with Boeing's Narus Security Division - Analyst Blog . 2024-05-16 . Yahoo Finance . en-US.
7. Web site: Narus Appoints Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency To Its Board of Directors . 2017-09-14 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20050206184639/http://narus.com/press/2004/0929.html . February 6, 2005 .
8. Web site: Boeing: Narus . . 17 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110902133951/http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/narus/index.html . September 2, 2011 .
9. News: Narus Networks Private Limited: Private Company Information. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015214844/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=59181865. dead. October 15, 2012. 17 September 2011. Bloomberg Businessweek.
10. Web site: One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown. HuffPost. 2011-01-28.
11. Web site: 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