LOOK! Freshmen CISOs. Get Ready to POUNCE!

<p>All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series (<a href= "https://cisoseries.com/look-freshmen-cisos-get-ready-to-pounce/">https://cisoseries.com/look-freshmen-cisos-get-ready-to-pounce/</a>)</p> <p>What could possibly be a better way to welcome newly hired CISOs to the security community than with a shiny new sales pitch?</p> <p>This week's episode is hosted by me, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidspark/">David Spark</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/dspark">@dspark</a>), producer of CISO Series and founder of <a href= "http://sparkmediasolutions.com/">Spark Media Solutions</a> and <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevj/">Mike Johnson</a>. Our guest is <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reynolds-80593318/">Wayne Reynolds</a>, CISO, <a href="https://www.toyotabank.com/">Toyota Financial Savings Bank</a>.</p> <p><strong>Thanks to this week's podcast sponsor, AppOmni.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://appomni.com/"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/24425/AppOmni_Banner_v1.png" alt="AppOmni" width="600" height="100" /></a></p> <p><em><a href="http://appomni.com/">AppOmni</a> is the leading provider of SaaS security and management platform for the enterprise. AppOmni provides unprecedented data access visibility, management and security of SaaS, enabling organizations to secure mission-critical and sensitive data. With AppOmni, organizations can automatically and continuously enforce rules for data access, data sharing and third-party applications.</em></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>On this week's episode</strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Why is everyone talking about this now?</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Our guest, Wayne Reynolds posted the good news about his new CISO role. While he got the expected kudos, he also got lots of sales emails. In the short conversation we had in preparation for this episode, six pitches came in. He counted 731 vendor pitches in just five days. Given th