ArcSight Protect '08 Conference Kicks Off with Record Number of Attendees

ArcSight Protect ‘08 Conference Kicks Off with Record Number of Attendees

More than 1,200 organizations use ArcSight to fight cybercrime and comply with regulatory policies; 600-plus attend Protect ‘08 for educational seminars and to hear industry experts Roger Cressey, Cynthia Cooper and others

ArcSight Protect ’08, WASHINGTON, DC – September 8, 2008 – ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading provider of compliance and security management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, today announced on the opening day of Protect ’08, the fourth annual ArcSight conference, that more than 1,200 organizations use ArcSight to rapidly identify, prioritize and respond to compliance violations, policy breaches, cybersecurity attacks and insider threats.

ArcSight welcomed over 600 attendees to ArcSight Protect '08 in Washington, DC, running today through Wednesday, September 10. This year's global business and technology conference is the world's largest dedicated Security Information and Event Management professional gathering. More than 80 educational sessions and 30-plus partner exhibitions provide business and IT professionals with vital information and strategies to help them improve their security posture and manage their critical information assets.

Protect '08 will focus on “Connecting the Dots” to enable organizations to protect the whole business, including the perimeter, network, computing infrastructure, business applications, data and users. The conference will address three strategic themes:

Whole Business Protection – featuring customers who are using the ArcSight SIEM platform to secure their entire enterprise and their best-practice approaches
Customer Success - detailing customer success stories, technical tools and tips and best practices for maximizing the ArcSight investment
ArcSight SEIM Platform Directions– highlighting the latest developments and key innovations in the ArcSight SIEM platform in the areas of log management, sensitive data protection, identity monitoring and fraud mitigation solutions

"ArcSight Protect '08 brings together some of the world’s largest and most influential companies across all industries to discuss the present and future uses of security and compliance technology,” said Reed Henry, senior vice president of marketing at ArcSight. “The conference includes an unbeatable lineup of industry leaders, customer speakers and partner panelists who will share their success stories, technical tips and best practices for protecting the entirety of their organizations through the use of the ArcSight platform.”

Highlights of this year's conference include the following:

ArcSight executives Robert Shaw, chairman of the board and CEO, and Tom Reilly, COO and president, will deliver a State of the Company and Direction address, discuss the three strategic themes of the conference and highlight partnerships including McAfee and Oracle, this morning at 8:45 a.m. (EDT)
ArcSight SIEM Platform Directions will be will be unveiled by ArcSight CTO and EVP of Research and Development Hugh Njemanze, CISSP, on Tuesday, September 9, at 9:45 a.m. (EDT)
Roger Cressey, an NBC counter-terrorism analyst and president of Good Harbor, will present the keynote speech today at 9:45 a.m. (EDT); the topic is “When Governments Are Attacked – Protecting Critical National Infrastructure against CyberTerrorism, CyberRiots and CyberCrime Incidents”
Cynthia Cooper, the whistle blower behind the WorldCom affair, will give the keynote speech, “Does Security Need Whistle Blowers?” on Tuesday, September 9, at 8:45 a.m. (EDT)
Presentations, exhibits and demonstrations on the latest security and compliance innovations from industry leaders McAfee, Oracle, HP and many more, including Guardium, Packet Motion, Platform Solutions, Secerno, Sentrigo and Top Layer
Partner Program featuring 30-plus partner exhibits, demos and customer showcases highlighting current and upcoming security, fraud, identity monitoring and security technologies
Customer Roundtables and Breakout Sessions with the world’s largest healthcare, retail, banking, telecommunications, computing and government customers, who will discuss how they are managing, monitoring and controlling security risk and compliance violations in their specific markets
Networking with industry experts including ArcSight architects and gurus to gain an in-depth look at the latest security technology and business solutions

For more information on the conference schedule and activities, please visit:
http://arcsight2008.meetingsthatwork.com/home.php.

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.