Heartland CEO Calls Breach "Devastating"

Heartland Payment Systems CEO Robert Carr calls the data breach that rocked the payment processor "devastating." Since the incident, the company has been working overtime to repair the damage.

According to Computerworld, Heartland expects an end-to-end encryption program for protecting card data to be complete in the third quarter. The company also is pushing for an industry-wide standard for encrypting data white it's moving through networks. Heartland has co-founded the Payment Processor Information Sharing Council, which gives organizations in the industry a forum for sharing information about security threats, vulnerabilities and fraud.

Gartner analyst Avivah Litan praised Carr's efforts, saying the

"the bottom line [is that] he is doing some good work. He is elevating the debate around card security and even got the card companies to speak about end-to-end encryption,"

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