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ArcSight Named One of the ‘Best Places to Work’ in the Bay Area


Cupertino, CA – April 20, 2009
ArcSight Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading global provider of compliance and security management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, today announced it was named one of the 50 Bay Area's "Best Places to Work" in its category by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times. ArcSight is the highest ranking compliance and security software company on the list and ranked number 13 in the category of companies with 101-500 employees.

The award recognizes Bay Area companies based on the satisfaction of their employees. Open to all companies based in the Bay Area, each were evaluated via online employee surveys, on a wide range of topics, including team and manager effectiveness, trust in senior leaders, feeling valued, work engagement and people practices.  This year, more than 350 firms competed for the opportunity to be recognized as one of the top companies in the annual "Bay Area's Best Places to Work" survey.

"ArcSight has been historically recognized for product and technology leadership, and we're pleased that recognition is now extended to the culture and environment of the company," said Gail Boddy, Vice President of Human Resources at ArcSight. "This is a great place to work. This award reflects how much we enjoy it."

The official ranking from the survey was announced at an awards ceremony on April 29. Winning companies will also be recognized in a special "Best Places to Work" publication insert in the May 1, 2009 editions of the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times.

ArcSight and its products continue to gain the respect of the industry. Already in 2009, ArcSight's partner program was awarded a Five-Star certification in Everything Channel's 15th annual 2009 Partner Program Guide, in addition to a ChannelWeb 2009 Channel Chiefs Award for ArcSight's Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales. Last year, ArcSight's honors included being ranked seventh in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Program, named one of the Silicon Valley's 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies by The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal and positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner?s Security Information and Event Management Magic Quadrant.

About ArcSight

ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) is a leading global provider of compliance and security management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies.  ArcSight helps customers comply with corporate and regulatory policy, safeguard their assets and processes, and control risk.  The ArcSight platform collects and correlates user activity and event data across the enterprise so that businesses can rapidly identify, prioritize, and respond to compliance violations, policy breaches, cybersecurity attacks, and insider threats.  For more information, visit www.arcsight.com. (ARST-IR)

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