POWER OF ATTORNEY

July 8, 2009

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Tram Phi, Stewart Grierson, Mary Keller and Nancy Bush, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorney in fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a representative of ArcSight, Inc. (the "Company"), any and all Form 3, 4 or
5 reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and the rules thereunder with respect to transactions in securities of the
Company;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
report and timely file such report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney in fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the
Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 or 5 reports with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys in fact.  The undersigned hereby confirms that the
prior power of attorney of similar substance dated June 13, 2008 has been
revoked and is no longer in effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date first written above.

/s/ Jeff Scheel