Executives From ArcSight, CERT, Unisys, and U.S. Department of Homeland
Security to Discuss Public/Private Partnership Required to Secure the Nation's
Critical Infrastructure
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcSight, Inc., the leading
provider of enterprise security management software, announced today that a
panel of leading network security experts will convene in San Francisco during
the RSA Conference 2004 to discuss the progress of the Cyber Security
Information Sharing Project (CSISP). CSISP, a joint project founded in 2003
between ArcSight and the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), is one of the
first public/private security initiatives demanded by the White House's
Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.
CERT/CC Director Rich Pethia will be joined by executives from ArcSight,
Unisys and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They will be discussing
the increasingly sophisticated threats that the federal government and
enterprises face from cyberterrorism and network security attacks and how
automated security information sharing between many organizations can improve
the overall understanding and response to cyber threats and attacks.
In a separate session, ArcSight founder and CTO Hugh Njemanze will present
an overview of the security management function that has emerged as a crucial
need for both enterprises and government organizations.
Information for Editors and Attendees
What: An Interim Report on the CSISP program for ISAC Research
When: 8 a.m., Thursday, February 26, 2004
Where: Sony Metreon, Theatre 15, 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco
Speakers: Panelists include:
-- John Payton, Incident Response Manager, National Cyber Security
Division, Department of Homeland Security
-- Rich Pethia, Director, CERT/CC, Carnegie Mellon University
-- Robert Shaw, CEO, ArcSight
-- John Summers, Global Director, Managed Security Services, Unisys
What: Connecting Islands of Defense: An Overview of Security
Management
When: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Where: Sony Metreon, Theatre XX, 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco
Speaker: Hugh Njemanze, ArcSight Founder and CTO
About ArcSight
ArcSight, winner of Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice and the
NetworkWorld Blue Ribbon Award, is the leading provider of enterprise security
management software. By linking security management to key business assets
and processes, ArcSight is enabling large organizations to achieve increased
protection, greater productivity, operational confidence and compliance
support from their security function. ArcSight's integrated solution spans
all the critical security management functions, including event aggregation
and archiving, real time analysis, incident investigation, attack remediation,
reporting and audit. ArcSight is the first vendor to offer TruThreat(TM) Risk
Correlation, which allows enterprises to focus on the protection of the
business by utilizing asset mission and value information, vulnerability
assessment data, and security alarms to identify and mitigate threats and
attacks in real time.
ArcSight's customers include major financial services organizations,
government agencies, manufacturers and service suppliers such as the Internal
Revenue Service, Telindus, Harris Corporation, Department of Health and Human
Services, Union Bank of California, Defense Information Systems Agency, NTT,
and Unisys. More information can be found at http://www.arcsight.com .
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