Chris Jones named Chief Trust and Security Officer at Axonius

Axonius appointed Chris Jones as Chief Trust and Security Officer, owning the company's enterprise security strategy and leading its field CISO program. Jones joins from Cisco, where he was deputy CISO responsible for cybersecurity strategy for the network platform and assurance organization; earlier he founded Nike's first global cybersecurity incident response team.

According to the announcement, published September 1, 2026, Axonius appointed Chris Jones as chief trust & security officer. It says Jones brings more than 25 years of experience across high-growth SaaS and Fortune 50 technology companies, as well as U.S. federal and intelligence communities.

The announcement says Jones will own Axonius' enterprise security strategy, described as protecting the company's infrastructure, data, and customer trust. He will also lead the field chief information security officer program as a customer-facing security advisor, and will serve as a thought leader for Axonius across asset intelligence, continuous threat exposure management, and AI security.

Most recently, the announcement says, Jones was deputy CISO at Cisco, where he owned the cybersecurity strategy for the network platform and assurance organization. Before Cisco, he matured the enterprise security function at CLEAR following the company's IPO. Earlier, he founded Nike's first global cybersecurity incident response team. The announcement says he began his career in public safety and founded the FBI's Cyber Profiling Program. Jones said he wants to "build trust from the inside."