SolarWinds Appoints Justin Henkel as Chief Information Security Officer

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarWinds, a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, today announced the appointment of Justin Henkel as its Chief Information Security Officer.

Henkel brings more than two decades of experience spanning military service and the private sector. He joins SolarWinds after nearly five years at OneTrust, where he began as Head of the CISO Center of Excellence and advanced to Deputy CISO, building a portfolio centered on enterprise risk, resilience, and security operations. He proudly served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2025 and has held cybersecurity leadership roles at CME Group and iSIGHT Partners focused on threat intelligence.

His expertise spans the intelligence community, financial services, and deep specialization in cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and third-party and enterprise risk. He holds a Master's in Intelligence Studies with a focus on political and military intelligence from the American Public University System, and an Executive Certificate in Technology and Operations from MIT Sloan School of Management.

"As the threat landscape grows more complex and threat actors more sophisticated, we need a CISO who has operated at the highest levels of both public and private sector security," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds. "Justin's breadth of experience across government and industry makes him exceptionally well positioned to strengthen our resilience posture as we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible in AI-driven IT."

"I'm proud to be joining SolarWinds at such a pivotal moment," said Henkel. "I see a company that has shown both singular resilience and genuine innovation, and I believe together we'll set a new standard for operational resilience that helps our customers confidently accelerate in the age of AI."

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SolarWinds is a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously engage with IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and database administrators (DBAs) to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available hybrid IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, allow us to address customers’ needs now and in the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

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