Infoblox, the US network services and security company known for its DNS, DHCP and IP address management technology, has appointed Henrik Smith as Chief Information Security Officer, the company announced on 9 June 2026. Smith will lead Infoblox's global security strategy, with a focus on strengthening cyber resilience, advancing risk management and supporting the secure growth of the business.
Smith brings nearly three decades of security leadership spanning cloud security, enterprise security and risk management. He joins from Amazon, where he served as head of Security for Devices and Services, leading efforts to secure the company's consumer device ecosystem. Earlier he was vice president of security at Salesforce, where he led security strategy, risk remediation and security integration across the enterprise.
The appointment underscores the dual role security now plays at companies like Infoblox, which must both protect their own systems and credibly stand behind the security products they sell. A CISO drawn from two of the most demanding environments in technology, a hyperscale device business and a major enterprise-software firm, signals the seniority Infoblox attaches to the function.
Demand for network and DNS-layer security has risen as organisations contend with more sophisticated attacks and increasingly distributed, cloud-based infrastructure. For a company whose products sit at the core of customers' network operations, the credibility of its own security posture is closely tied to its market positioning, making the CISO role strategically as well as operationally important.
For Infoblox, Smith's mandate to strengthen resilience and risk management arrives as the company pursues growth in a competitive security market. How he hardens the company's internal posture and reinforces the security story behind its products will be the early measures of the appointment.
Chief information security officers have moved steadily closer to the centre of corporate leadership as boards treat cyber risk as a core business risk rather than a purely technical concern. Recruiting a CISO with experience at hyperscale consumer and enterprise-software companies reflects an expectation that the role will engage with product security, customer trust and regulatory exposure, not only internal IT defence.
For a vendor whose technology underpins the networks of large enterprises and public-sector bodies, any security lapse carries reputational as well as operational consequences. Smith's remit therefore extends to reinforcing the assurances Infoblox gives customers about the integrity of its platform, and his effectiveness will be judged partly on how confidently the company can point to its own security practices as it competes for security-conscious buyers.
