EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Heartland Payment Systems' Executive Director, Mr. Steven Elefant

We had a chance to talk with Mr. Steven Elefant, Executive Director of end-to-end security at Heartland Payment Systems shortly after the security breach reportedly affecting hundreds of millions of credit card transactions. While the complete interview is available in the forums, we include a few excerpts in the articles section of the [...]

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Hey stupid! Don't just throw that out – Corporate disposal policies keep your organization out of the headlines

It’s hard to believe that with the multitude of federal, state and local laws, as well as industry regulations, that financial institutions would simply throw out files and equipment with no regard for the private information undoubtedly contained therein. We examine the background, best practices, educational techniques and corporate policies that keep corporations out of the headlines and away from government [...]

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Hundreds of millions of private credit card records stolen from PCI card processor

Credit card payment processor Heartland Payment Systems announced this week that hundreds of millions of credit card transactions were stolen last year. This latest hack far eclipsed the 45 Million TJX Companies records lost from 2004-2007. The stolen data includes names, credit/debit card numbers and expiration [...]

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