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Robert O. Carr, chairman and CEO of Heartland Payment Systems Inc., intends to discuss Heartland's 2008 data breach next week at the first meeting of the Payments Processing Information Sharing Council, which formed to share information about fraud, threats and risk-mitigation practices, according to the group. The group is an offshoot of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a Sterling, Va.-based organization that helps the public and private sectors share information about physical and cyber security threats. The group's first meeting will take place May 5 in St. Pete Beach, Fla., during the center's annual conference and meeting May 4 to 6. Carr in March began working with the center to form the group, according to a Heartland spokesperson. "The new organization grew out of Bob Carr's feeling that payment processors needed a forum to share information on breaches like the kind we experienced," the spokesperson tells CardLine. "Heartland should be able to share information with others in our industry so that an international cyber thief can't use the same malicious software to penetrate another processor," says the spokesperson. Roughly 20 merchant acquirers and third-party processors are registered to attend the meeting. William B. Nelson, president and CEO of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, declined to say who plans to attend. Membership to the Payments Processing Information Sharing Council Is Limited To Executives Of Payment Processors, According To The Group. Heartland Is Based In Princeton, N.J.
