Henrik Smith named Chief Information Security Officer at Infoblox

Infoblox, a platform for preemptive security and critical network services, announced the appointment of Henrik Smith as Chief Information Security Officer. The company described him as a former Amazon, Salesforce, and AWS security leader, brought in to strengthen security strategy and cyber resilience.

A hyperscaler-pedigree hire at a network-security vendor is a familiar pattern: security companies increasingly staff the CISO seat with operators who have run security at cloud scale, both for the operational muscle and for the credibility it lends in enterprise sales conversations.

According to the release, Smith will lead global security strategy at Infoblox, with a focus on cyber resilience, risk management and the secure growth of the business. The release says Smith joins Infoblox as organizations contend with AI-driven attacks, growing use of autonomous technologies and expanding digital infrastructure.

Smith has nearly 30 years of security leadership experience across risk management, enterprise security and cloud security, the release says. He comes to Infoblox from Amazon, where as head of Security for Devices and Services he led work to secure the consumer device ecosystem of Amazon. The release says Smith was previously vice president of security at Salesforce, leading security integration, risk remediation and security strategy across the enterprise. Earlier, according to the release, he held several leadership positions in AWS Security and was a founding member of the Security Assurance and Office of the CISO organizations.

He said he aims to further strengthen the security program of Infoblox while supporting its continued growth and innovation. Infoblox describes itself as a platform for preemptive security and hybrid, multi-cloud networking, and says it has more than 5,700 customers. According to the company, its customers include most Fortune 100 companies, and it integrates, automates and secures critical network services.

Infoblox Government Cloud achieved FedRAMP Moderate certification, according to a company release dated July 22, 2026.