Executive record
Chris Jones
Career profile: Chris Jones on CISO Spotlights ↗
Chris Jones is Chief Trust and Security Officer at Axonius. The appointment was announced on September 1, 2026, per Axonius newsroom.
Before the appointment: Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Chris Jones, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Trust and Security Officer at Axonius
Source: Axonius newsroom (GlobeNewswire release, Sep 1, 2026) ↗ · Move record
Before September 2026· Earlier role
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco
Named in the announcement of the Axonius appointment · Source: Axonius newsroom (GlobeNewswire release, Sep 1, 2026) ↗
The appointment
Announced September 1, 2026 · Source: Axonius newsroom (GlobeNewswire release, Sep 1, 2026) ↗ · Move record
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."
The company: Axonius
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Axonius: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Axonius sells security products, filed under Cyber asset inventory (CAASM). What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Chris Jones's, nearest first (8 of 13). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Grant Yacomeni, Chief Information Security Officer at Gigamon
David Soto, Chief Information Security Officer at Trellix
Andrew Park, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at UltraViolet Cyber
Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer at Cognition
Mathieu Rigotto, Chief Information Security Officer at Filigran
Alexander Truskovsky, Chief Information Security Officer at EigenQ
Gerald Beuchelt, Chief Information Security Officer at Keyfactor
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 2 months since the appointment was announced (September 1, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 16, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Chris Jones
- Who leads security at Axonius?
- Chris Jones is Chief Trust and Security Officer at Axonius. The appointment was announced on September 1, 2026, per Axonius newsroom.
- When did Chris Jones become Chief Trust and Security Officer of Axonius?
- The appointment was announced on September 1, 2026, per Axonius newsroom. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Chris Jones work before Axonius?
- Before the appointment, Chris Jones was Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco, according to the announcement (Axonius newsroom).
Sources
- 1.Axonius newsroom (GlobeNewswire release, Sep 1, 2026) ↗: the appointment at Axonius, September 1, 2026
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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