Mount Laurel, NJ – February 12, 2026 — NetQuest Corporation, a leader in high-performance network intelligence and visibility solutions, today announced that its Streaming Network Sensor (SNS) platform has been named a Lightwave Innovation Reviews honoree, with the awards being presented during the upcoming Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference in Los Angeles, California. The Lightwave Innovation Reviews recognize the most impactful technologies shaping the future of optical communications, broadband, and high-speed networking.
The review recognizes NetQuest’s SNS2000 Streaming Network Sensor, a 2RU network cybersecurity appliance purpose-built to deliver hyperscale, DPI-enabled visibility into modern optical and broadband networks. Selected by a panel of industry experts from the optical communications and broadband communities, the SNS platform received a 4.0 and stood out for its ability to transform raw, high-volume network traffic into AI-ready, actionable intelligence at line rate.
As networks rapidly evolve toward multi-400G and terabit speeds, traditional approaches to visibility—such as full-packet capture or sampled flow analysis—are increasingly impractical. The SNS2000 addresses this challenge by ingesting up to 1.6 terabits per second of traffic and converting raw packets into structured, protocol-aware metadata optimized for advanced analytics, machine learning, and behavioral detection. This approach enables security teams to maintain deep visibility without the cost, complexity, or storage burden associated with full packet retention.
A key differentiator of the SNS platform is its ability to maintain insight into encrypted and obfuscated traffic. Using advanced encrypted traffic fingerprinting techniques, including JA4+, the SNS2000 enables defenders to analyze encrypted flows without decryption—preserving privacy while still exposing malicious patterns, command-and-control behavior, and emerging threats. This capability is increasingly critical as encryption has become the default across enterprise, telecom, and national-scale infrastructures.
“Recognition from Lightwave underscores the growing importance of intelligent, scalable network visibility in an era of encrypted, high-speed traffic,” said Jesse Price, CEO of NetQuest Corporation. “The SNS platform was built to close a critical gap in cybersecurity infrastructure, delivering visibility that matches the speed, scale, and complexity of modern networks.”
Lightwave Editor In Chief Sean Buckley expressed his congratulations, stating, “On behalf of the Lightwave Innovation Reviews, I would like to congratulate NetQuest Corporation on achieving a well-deserved level honoree status. This competitive program enables Lightwave to showcase and applaud the most innovative products, projects, technologies, and programs that significantly impact the industry.”
NetQuest Corporation will be attending OFC in Los Angeles and invites attendees to visit booth #4613 to learn more about the award-winning SNS Streaming Network Sensor platform and how it enables AI-driven cybersecurity and network intelligence at terabit scale.
About NetQuest
NetQuest Corporation is a leading innovator in network intelligence and visibility solutions that empower organizations to see, understand, and act on what’s happening across their networks. Trusted by service providers, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide, NetQuest delivers scalable platforms that transform network data into actionable intelligence for cybersecurity and intelligence applications.
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