LONDON -- ArcSight , Inc. today announced the availability of ArcSight ESM Compliance Insight Package for J-SOX, a comprehensive solution framework that enables Japanese companies and their international subsidiaries and affiliates to address J-SOX - a corporate governance mandate created by Japan's Financial Services Agency. The legislation has financial control compliance regulations comparable to those in sections 302 and 404 of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. With the ESM Compliance Insight Package, ArcSight is providing global companies with the guidance, tools and processes necessary to proactively address and monitor J-SOX compliance controls, while supporting existing enterprise-wide IT governance and risk management initiatives.

ArcSight ESM Compliance Insight Package for J-SOX offers customers broader visibility and an in-depth understanding of security and IT events that could materially impact J-SOX compliance and other regulatory mandates. ArcSight has developed a holistic technology solution that facilitates J-SOX compliance mandates by collecting, analysing, reporting and managing activities across all compliance objectives. As a result, customers are better equipped to understand the priority and context of every event, automate key monitoring and review controls, and effectively manage long-term compliance and risk management strategies.

"Increased compliance regulations have tasked global companies with the responsibility of closely monitoring and fully disclosing the context of all material financial and IT events," said Hugh Njemanze, CTO and Executive Vice President of Research and Development, ArcSight. "ArcSight ESM Compliance Insight Package for J-SOX delivers a flexible platform for companies to comply through the collection and analysis of large data sets across a heterogeneous IT environment - thereby facilitating improved business integrity and confidence among corporate stakeholders."

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