Payments Processing Information Sharing Council Names Steering Committee
Newly formed steering committee will lead payment security organization into 2010Dulles, VA — December 7, 2009 — The Payments Processing Information Sharing Council (PPISC), a forum for sharing information about fraud, threats, vulnerabilities and risk mitigation practices in the payments industry, has elected its steering committee for the 2010-2011 term. Comprised of seven payment industry leaders, the committee will set the strategic agenda of the organization and determine the council’s upcoming initiatives.
Appointments include Bob Carr, chairman and chief executive officer of Heartland Payment Systems®, as committee chair. Carr, one of the industry’s most vocal advocates for information sharing, was instrumental in the formation of the PPISC. Rick Van Luvender, director of InfoSec Incident Response at First Data, was named vice chair. Members at-large include: Terry Dooley, senior vice president and chief information officer at ITS, Inc.; Chris Kenyon, chief information officer and executive vice president of systems and technology at Elavon Global Acquiring Solutions; John Kirkpatrick, senior vice president and chief information officer at Trans First Holdings, Inc.; John Latimer, group executive and enterprise risk executive at TSYS; and Tom Tesmer, chief technology officer and chief technology officer at Pipeline Data, Inc.
“Naming the inaugural members of our first-ever steering committee is a defining moment for the PPISC,” said Bill Nelson, FS-ISAC’s president and chief executive officer. “This group is one of the most talented and strongest leadership teams in the industry, and with its guidance, I’m confident our organization will take the security of electronic payments and the fight against cyber crime to unprecedented levels.”
The PPISC is part of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), a non-profit organization and the leading industry venue for collaboration on critical security threats facing the financial services sector.
Membership in the PPISC is open to credit and debit card payments processors owned and operated by depository financial institutions and third-party processors that conduct their activities in concert with FS-ISAC’s operating rules. These include signing a non-disclosure agreement, adhering to payment industry regulations, best practices and the highest ethical standards.
For more information on joining the PPISC, visit www.fsisac.com and www.ppisc.com or contact 703.948.4172.
About FS-ISAC
Launched in 1999, FS-ISAC was established by the financial services sector in response to 1998's Presidential Directive 63. That directive ― later updated by 2003's Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 ― mandated that the public and private sectors share information about physical and cyber security threats and vulnerabilities to help protect the U.S. critical infrastructure.
Constantly gathering reliable and timely information from financial services providers, commercial security firms, federal, state and local government agencies, law enforcement and other trusted resources, the FS-ISAC is now uniquely positioned to quickly disseminate physical and cyber threat alerts and other critical information to your organization. This information includes analysis and recommended solutions from leading industry experts.
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