HP Announces New Cloud, Mobile Enterprise Security Technology; Prescott Winter Comments

Hewlett-Packard announced that it has expanded its enterprise security solutions portfolio to better address threats and potential liabilities from the rise of new technologies and social media.

HP said that executives are demanding better security measures and cited a survey that found more than 50 percent of senior business and technology executives believe security breaches within their organization…

Narus, ArcSight Co-Host Cybersecurity Webinar on Best Practices, Mitigating APTs

Boeing subsidiary Narus, Inc. will co-host a webinar this week with ArcSight, an HP company, that will discuss best practices and how to better respond to cyber threats. 

The “Detecting and Mitigating Advanced Persistent Threats in the Fast-Moving Cyber World” webinar will feature a panel of three cybersecurity professionals: Neil Harrington, director, product management, Narus; Narayan Makaram, senior product marketing manager, ArcSight; and Robert Esposito, senior…

Kelly Collins of Fortify Software: Possible Creation of Cyber Weapon ‘Significant Concern’

President of Fortify Software Public Sector, an HP company, Kelly Collins has a mantra for software security: Find, fix and (from the title of her firm) fortify.

For too long, software security assurance has slipped under the radar. But now, Collins said the government is beginning to move to patch up “gaping holes…

Report: CyberScope Confusion May Cause Feds to Miss Vital Deadline

The confusion and uncertainty about the new Federal Information Security Management Act’s reporting tool many federal chief information officers experience may result in agencies missing a key deadline in adopting new cybersecurity reporting guidelines, according a recently published report.

Only a small number of federal IT managers have used…

HP to Expand Cybersecurity Offerings with Acquisition of ArcSight

HP has signed a definitive agreement to buy security software firm ArcSight, for $43.50 per share, or an enterprise value of $1.5 billion.

Combined, HP and ArcSight will deliver:

A comprehensive view of all events across IT operations, security and compliance Deeper context: The ability to detect threats and risks by correlating both activity and state…

Cyber Firm ArcSight Up for Sale

Cybersecurity firm ArcSight has put itself up for sale, with potential buyers including Oracle Corp, IBM and HP, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The possibility of an acquisition has increased the firm’s stock price 29.7 percent to $36.63. According to WSJ, any acquisition deal could be for around $40 per share or…

ArcSight and SAIC Join Forces

ArcSight, Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) have joined forces to combine SAIC services with ArcSight products to provide turnkey Cyber Security Operations Center (SOC) Solution. The companies are looking to address the “potential gaps in the …