Axonius, an asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management, has appointed Chris Jones as chief trust and security officer and Dan Schoenbaum as senior vice president of business development. Jones brings over 25 years of experience across SaaS companies and US federal and intelligence communities. Most recently, he served as deputy CISO at Cisco, where he led cybersecurity strategy for the network platform organisation generating over $10 billion in revenue. He previously worked at CLEAR, Nike, and founded the FBI's Cyber Profiling Programme. Schoenbaum has more than 30 years of experience in go-to-market and partnership leadership. He joins from Hive Pro, where he was CMO and head of technology partnerships. He previously held senior roles at Team Cymru, RiskIQ, Redbooth, and Cooladata. Both appointments support Axonius's continued growth of its customer base and global partner ecosystem.

Axonius appoints Chris Jones as Chief Trust & Security Officer and Dan Schoenbaum as SVP of Business Development. New executive hires deepen Axonius' leadership team to further scale the company in its next phase of growth. NEW YORK, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Axonius, the asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management, today announced the appointments of Chris Jones as chief trust & security officer (CTSO) and Dan Schoenbaum as senior vice president of business development. Both leaders join as Axonius continues to grow its customer base and partner ecosystem globally. Chris Jones Named Chief Trust & Security Officer 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. In his new role, Jones will own Axonius' enterprise security strategy (protecting the company's infrastructure, data, and customer trust) while leading the field chief information security officer (CISO) program as a customer-facing security advisor. Jones will serve as a thought leader on behalf of Axonius across asset intelligence, continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), and AI security with the cybersecurity community. Most recently, Jones served as deputy CISO at Cisco, where he owned the cybersecurity strategy for the network platform and assurance organization. It was the company's largest and fastest-growing portfolio of network and cloud products, including Meraki and Catalyst, and generated more than $10 billion in revenue. Prior to Cisco, Jones matured the enterprise security function at CLEAR following the company's IPO, delivering PCI DSS, SOC 2, and FedRAMP High compliance while embedding security into product and engineering development. Earlier in his career, Jones founded Nike's first global cybersecurity incident response team. Jones began his career in public safety before supporting the U.S. federal government and intelligence community operations, where he founded the FBI's Cyber Profiling Program. Dan Schoenbaum Named SVP of Business Development Schoenbaum brings more than 30 years of experience across go-to-market (GTM), partnership, and executive leadership for high-growth cybersecurity and SaaS companies. At Axonius, Schoenbaum will lead the company's business development and partner and alliances business. Schoenbaum joins from Hive Pro, an exposure management company, where he served as chief marketing officer (CMO) and head of technology partnerships. Schoenbaum previously spent four years at Team Cymru, building GTM programs with Google, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow. Earlier in his career, Schoenbaum was president and chief operating officer (COO) of RiskIQ, an attack surface management company later acquired by Microsoft. Schoenbaum was also the CEO of Redbooth, a workstream collaboration company later acquired by AeroFS, and Cooladata, a customer analytics company later acquired by Medallia. Schoenbaum served as a first sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Executive Perspectives "Chris has spent his career making sure security programs hold up under real scrutiny and not just an audit. That's the standard our customers hold us to, and it's the standard he'll hold us to across asset intelligence, CTEM, and AI security," said Joe Diamond, chief executive officer at Axonius. "Dan has spent his career turning partnerships into revenue. With more than 1,400 bi-directional integrations already built on Axonius, the partner ecosystem exists. Dan's job is to turn it into joint GTM opportunities." "Customers don't want to be sold security. They want a product that works. My job is to close that gap. I want to bring what our customers are dealing with in the field back into what we build in the Axonius Asset Cloud," said Chris Jones, chief trust & security officer at Axonius. "Joining Axonius is an opportunity to build trust from the inside by securing our platform to the standard our customers expect." "My job is straightforward. I want to evolve our business development strategy and partner and alliances business, so that more of our partners are working with Axonius on joint solutions for our customers," said Dan Schoenbaum, senior vice president of business development at Axonius. "We want a robust partner ecosystem across our channel and tech alliance partners that drives revenue growth." About Axonius Axonius is the asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management. The Axonius Asset Cloud is the one source of truth for assets and exposures across an organization's entire environment, providing all the right context to prioritize risks and coordinate fixes. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius supports millions of assets for leading customers across industries and around the world. Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Alabama Business Reporter do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.

Axonius unveils IAVM capability to close DOW asset intel gap. by Jane Edwards August 26, 2026, 11:34 am * Axonius has launched an IAVM capability within Axonius Exposures * The tool automates asset-directive correlation for defense agencies * The 2026 Navy Summit will explore AI, digital engineering and more As Department of War agencies work to close visibility gaps across sprawling IT environments, government and industry leaders will gather at the Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Navy Summit tomorrow, Aug. 27, the organization's final DOW summit of the year. The event will explore artificial intelligence, digital engineering, autonomous and unmanned systems, network modernization, shipbuilding and other priorities shaping the future maritime force. Book your spot now! How does the new capability support DOW agencies? The company said Tuesday IAVM directives, administered through DOW's IAVM program, carry mandatory patching deadlines and chain-of-command accountability. According to Axonius, missing those deadlines is treated as a regulatory failure with formal reporting consequences. Axonius said the capability draws on more than 1,400 bi-directional integrations to build a full list of assets affected by a given directive, extending beyond what a traditional vulnerability management tool has scanned. This approach is intended to surface shadow assets, newly provisioned systems and other assets that fall outside a standard scan cycle, replacing the manual cross-referencing work agencies currently perform against scan data, configuration management database records and asset inventories. Axonius said the capability also aggregates data from every source in an agency's technology stack, including VM scanners, to build a complete picture of affected assets for each directive. Brian Meyer, field chief technology officer at Axonius Federal Systems, said the manual correlation work required during a compliance window adds unnecessary risk for defense agencies. "When a CAT I directive lands, the clock doesn't pause for someone to finish reconciling five different asset lists. That correlation work is exactly what U.S. defense agencies shouldn't have to do by hand anymore," Meyer stated. "Our new IAVM capability in Axonius Exposures answers the one question that matters in that window: which of my assets are affected? Most importantly, it pulls from everywhere in an environment, not just what a traditional VM tool scanned. That's the gap we're closing for U.S. defense agencies." How does the development align with Axonius' Federal compliance push? The new IAVM capability builds on a series of moves by Axonius to deepen its footprint in defense and federal compliance work. In a recent article, Meyer wrote that complete IT asset visibility is key to helping agencies strengthen zero trust efforts and meet FITARA compliance requirements. The company has also worked to expand visibility into federal networks, teaming up with Elastic to launch a native integration designed to help federal agencies meet the asset visibility and logging requirements outlined in an Office of Management and Budget memorandum. Axonius Federal is separately pursuing FedRAMP Class D (High) certification for the Axonius Asset Cloud, building on its existing FedRAMP Moderate authorization to meet the needs of agencies operating in high-impact environments. is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders' perspectives on government technology trends.