Brandon Swafford

Brandon Swafford currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer at HPS Investment Partners, LLC since October 2023. Previously, Brandon held the position of Business Information Security Officer at Citadel, where responsibilities included developing an insider threat program and managing governance, risk, compliance, audit, application security, and vulnerability management. Brandon has extensive advisory experience across several organizations, including positions on the Board of Advisors for Virsec, Plurilock, 1Kosmos - BlockID, Securonix, Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc., and SHAPE. Prior roles include Chief Information Security Officer at Webster Bank and Chief Technology Officer at Forcepoint, focusing on data protection, insider threat, and security risk management in hybrid cloud environments. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Communications from Washburn University, earned between 2000 and 2004.