U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chooses ArcSight software for security management.

ArcSight, a provider of enterprise security risk management software, recently announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has implemented ArcSight to manage its security infrastructure. Maintaining the highest levels of network security in a cost-effective way is a priority for HHS, which is using ArcSight to automate and centralize the collection, correlation, monitoring, investigation and reporting of data generated by any source of security-relevant information source on its network.

With ArcSight, HHS benefits from a consolidated view of all security events and can leverage company's TruThreat Risk Correlation to identify the critical threats and attacks that are often hidden by an overload of false alarms and inconsequential alerts. By interfacing with a wide range of network security technologies, such as best-in-class firewalls, intrusion detection systems, system logs, authentication, and anti-virus tools, ArcSight enables HHS to improve the productivity and effectiveness of their security organization as they identify, investigate and resolve serious security threats.

"Like many large organizations, we are faced with an increasingly complex and threat-intense environment that requires coordinated real time evaluation and response," said Mark Roebuck, chief technology and security officer, HHS. "Our objective is to have the security policies, procedures and practices in place to protect the integrity and privacy of our information, and ArcSight provides the intelligence, insight and control necessary to achieve that goal."

Government customers, like HHS, utilize ArcSight in a wide variety of real time monitoring, investigation and reporting modes. The software can scale to collect and aggregate large volumes of security data from geographically dispersed locations while maintaining a centralized view of critical security activity. With over 200 pre-configured reports combined with an easy-to-use report-authoring environment, ArcSight also provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on the risk profile of an organization to both the security organization and general mission management.

"ArcSight has been generating significant momentum with federal government customers on the strength of our technology and execution," said Robert Shaw, ArcSight Chairman and CEO. "Effective cyber security requires the real time awareness and rapid response that ArcSight delivers to enterprise-class organizations."