London, UK, 3 May 2006--ArcSight, a global leader in Enterprise Security Management (ESM) software, today announced that ArcSight ESM won the European SC Magazine 2006 Reader Trust Technology Award for Best Event Management solution. ArcSight ESM was chosen from over 1,300 products and services nominated by over 330 companies.  A record 25,000 readers voted for this year’s awards, which were announced at the SC Magazine Award Ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane on 25 April 2006.

“We are delighted to be identified as a leader in event management by the readers of SC Magazine,” said Iain Chidgey, Managing Director EMEA at ArcSight.  “ArcSight ESM is a comprehensive enterprise security platform for demanding enterprise and government environments.  By centrally collecting and analysing security data from heterogeneous devices, ArcSight helps customers worldwide to manage information risk and protect critical assets.”

ArcSight ESM ties together security and network data into an intelligent system that allows security professionals to manage regulatory compliance requirements, assess and prioritise both external and insider security threats, and communicates the status of security to a broader audience.

Now in its second year, the SC Magazine Awards are the industry's leading global information security awards, developed to highlight professional achievement and technical excellence.

About SC Awards 2006
With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, the SC Awards are the world's leading awards program for the information security industry. The SC Awards program spans US, Asia, and UK. The SC Awards are composed of both (1) the Reader Trust Technology Awards,--voted on by SC readers in each region and the SC Awards Council, a group of carefully selected senior CSOs--and the Professional Awards that are judged by a panel of the industry's top talents. Recognising technical excellence and professional achievement across a variety of different categories, the SC Awards is a truly unique program developed to bring attention to the industry's top products and highlight the professionals that have both created them and use them within their companies.

About ArcSight
ArcSight, a leader in Enterprise Security Management (ESM), provides real-time threat management and compliance reporting yielding actionable insights into security data. By comprehensively collecting, analysing and managing security data, ArcSight ESM enables enterprises, government organisations and managed security service providers to centrally manage information risk more efficiently. ArcSight's customer base includes leading global companies across many verticals--and more than 20 U.S. federal agencies.

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Contact Information:
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Octopus for ArcSight
+44 (0)845 3700 655
jonw@octopuscomms.net

 

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