Westcon Group signs distribution agreement with ArcSight

Networking products distributor Westcon Group has signed a distribution agreement with security and compliance management company ArcSight, an HP company, in new North American and expanded European market. The North American agreement between the two companies powers Westcon reseller partners with the ArcSight Enterprise Threat and Risk Management (ETRM) platform. Westcon Group will distribute ArcSight services to ten major markets across the globe adding Norway, Ireland, Finland, Sweden and UK to its roster that includes France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy. The ArcSight ETRM platform is a product suite for collecting, analysing and assessing security and risk information. The service enables companies to safeguard their business by delivering visibility into all activity across the IT infrastructure, including external threats such as malware and hackers, internal threats such as data breaches and fraud, risks from application flaws and configuration changes and compliance pressures from failed audits.