All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series It’s imperative we speak to him. We want to make sure they landed safely. And if he has some available time, maybe we can show him our slide deck. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Branden Newman, svp, CISO, MGM Resorts. Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Grip Security

Ask yourself – do I know what SaaS my company is using? How do users access them? What data is uploaded and downloaded? Enterprises today are using hundreds and thousands of different SaaS, and have lost control over it. Grip Security sees and secures every SaaS application. With simple deployment, you can have immediate visibility to the entire SaaS portfolio, and automated access and data governance at scale. This is the only way you could fight the SaaS Sprawl. In this episode: • How do security vendors communicate their uniqueness and product quality? • If you were to start a data security company - what gap would you fill? • What's the pushiest sales tactic you've seen in InfoSec? • Assessing vendor pitches on email security or human layer security