Keynote Speakers Ira Winkler, author of Spies Among Us, and ArcSight CEO Robert Shaw will address “Adaptive Security for the Regulated World”

Business and Technical Sessions Tailored to Chief Security Officers and IT Decision Makers of the World’s Largest Enterprises and Government Agencies 

CUPERTINO, Calif. – April 4, 2005 – ArcSight, Inc., the global leader in Enterprise Security Management (ESM), today announced that its first annual user conference will be held May 22-25, 2005 in Bethesda, Maryland. The inaugural event will focus on “Adaptive Security for the Regulated World” and allow users in various industries, including healthcare, finance, government, defense and manufacturing, to share their best practices and implementation case studies as they pertain to current and pending security regulations.

“ArcSight customers and partners consistently pioneer best practices for overcoming common security management challenges,” said Robert Shaw, chairman and CEO, ArcSight.  “Our user conference will be a forum where high-level security IT decision makers can gain access to expert information about asset protection, vulnerability assessment, regulatory compliance, security metrics, measurement, and much more.”

This year’s keynote speaker will be Ira Winkler, CISSP, CISM, president of the Internet Security Advisors Group and author of Spies Among Us. His presentation will examine the nature of risk and how data correlation can pull disparate information together to identify security breaches and protect mission-critical assets.

Winkler was named one of the most influential professionals in the information security field by Information Security Magazine as well as being inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame.  He has been a consultant to the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and many Fortune 50 companies.  Previously, he was chief security strategist at Hewlett-Packard and before that, the director of technology with the National Computer Security Association.  Winkler started his career at the U.S. National Security Agency, where he served as an intelligence and computer systems analyst. 

The 2005 ArcSight ESM User Conference will include targeted sessions for all users – from novice to super-power users, business to technical users, new and long-term customers.   The conference tracks include Audit and Compliance; Metrics and Measurement; and Technical sessions centered on leveraging all of the features and benefits available from ArcSight ESM.   Insights into ArcSight’s product roadmap, company vision, best practices and methodology will also be shared.

For the full agenda and to register please visit http://www.expomarketing.com/ArcSight/.

About ArcSight

ArcSight, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) solutions. Winner of CMP’s Network Computing Editor’s Choice and Network World Best of Tests awards, and numerous other awards and recognitions, ArcSight ESM 3.0 enables enterprises to centrally manage information risk. By comprehensively collecting and analyzing security data, ArcSight ESM 3.0 provides accurate, real-time internal, external threat management and compliance reporting. ArcSight customers include companies in the Fortune top 5 of financial services, banking, telecommunications, high-technology, retail, healthcare, and biotech industries -- and more than 20 of the top 30 federal agencies.

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