Jim Desmond named Chief Information Security Officer at HireRight

HireRight appointed Jim Desmond as Chief Information Security Officer, effective immediately. He previously served as Chief Security Officer at Asurion and held security leadership roles at Vantiv, Elevate, and Intuit.

According to Business Wire, Desmond will lead the continued advancement of the global cybersecurity and information security programs at HireRight. According to the release, Desmond said he would lead the security strategy of HireRight during a period of growth.

The company says Desmond has experience in building risk-based security frameworks across complex, global environments. According to Business Wire, Desmond's work as Chief Security Officer at Asurion involved managing security and risk across multiple aspects of a large global organization. The company says Desmond holds a master's degree from Norwich University and an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. From Carnegie Mellon University, he holds a CISO Executive Education Certificate, HireRight's events page says.

The company says it offers drug and health screening, monitoring, identification, verification and background screening services to approximately 34,000 customers around the world. HireRight delivers its services through a global platform that integrates into customers' human capital management systems for hiring, onboarding and monitoring, the release says. HireRight provides workforce risk management and compliance solutions that are technology-driven, the company says. HireRight processed more than 120 million screens in 2024 and screened more than 60 million applicants, employees and contractors for customers, the company says.