http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/09/14/who-is-a-big-fan-of-arcsight-the-cia/ By Michael Corkery Venture Capital Dispatch The Wall Street Journal September 14, 2010 How good is ArcSight’s security software? Well, good enough for the Central Intelligence Agency. ArcSight is the latest technology company that has attracted a billion dollar-plus offer from Hewlett Packard. One of the early investors in ArcSight was In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture-capital arm that seeded the Menlo Park, Calif., company with $3 million in 2002, as part of the start-up concern’s third round of fund raising. In-Q-Tel, which is staffed and funded by the CIA, provides its portfolio companies not just with money, but with intelligence and counter-intelligence expertise and a “test-bed” for new products. In-Q-Tel couldn’t be reached for comment. [...] _______________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Sep 14 2010 - 23:25:31 PDT
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