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ArcSight Announces ArcSight Protect '09 Conference and Stellar Line-up of Keynote and Industry Leading Speakers


Keynote Line-up Includes Melissa Hathaway, Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace on the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

CUPERTINO, CA – July 28, 2009ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies against cyber threats and risks, today announced its fifth annual user conference, ArcSight Protect '09. This year's conference will focus on how businesses and government agencies can protect themselves from today's rapidly evolving cyber threats, including cyber-theft, cyber-fraud, cyber-warfare and cyber-espionage. The event will take place in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area from September 13-16, 2009.

ArcSight Protect '09 keynote speakers will include:

  • Melissa Hathaway, Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council
  • William Crowell, Chairman of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director of National Intelligence
  • Lt. General Harry D. Raduege (Ret.), Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Network Innovation
  • James Lewis, Senior Fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Technical Director for the CSIS’s Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency
  • Dr. Sameer Bhalotra, Lead staff member for Cybersecurity for the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Jim Jaeger, Director of Cyber Defense and Forensics, General Dynamics
  • Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock; Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist

Over 80 breakout, technical "how-to" sessions and a hands-on immersion program will address industry trends, best practices and emerging concepts in log management, perimeter and network security, including the fast growing areas of threat and risk monitoring of users, applications, and data.

"We’re very pleased with the caliber of speakers and range of topics covered at this year's conference," said Reed Henry, senior vice president of marketing. "The conference has been put together to meet the needs of ArcSight customers, who have the vital job of safeguarding their organizations against the rapidly increasing number of cyber threats. ArcSight Protect '09 is designed to give attendees strategies, insights, and hands-on technical knowledge to assist in their mission to defeat cybercrime and meet regulatory compliance."

Additional speakers will include ArcSight president and CEO Tom Reilly; Hugh Njemanze, CTO and executive vice president of research and development; and a full agenda of ArcSight customers.

For more information about ArcSight Protect ’09 and to see the conference agenda, visit http://www.arcsight.com/protect09

About ArcSight

ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) is a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect businesses and government agencies.  ArcSight identifies, assesses, and mitigates both internal and external cyber-threats and risks across the organization for activities associated with critical assets and processes.  With the market-leading ArcSight SIEM platform, organizations can proactively safeguard their assets, comply with corporate and regulatory policy and control the risks associated with cyber-theft, cyber-fraud, cyber-warfare and cyber-espionage. For more information, visit www.arcsight.com.