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A lack of visibility into your SaaS stack can mean plausible deniability. But, if you want to protect your business from risk, you must have a complete picture. In this episode, Coupa’s Director of IT Compliance, Gürkan Berkan, shares how using a SaaS management tool has helped them shed light on risks like shadow IT, security, compliance, and spend – and how they’re staying on top of it today. Episode Highlights:<ul><li>[01:02&nbsp;-&nbsp;04:27] Meet Gürkan and learn about his career progression</li><li>[04:31&nbsp;-&nbsp;05:46] Coupa's core use cases and overview</li><li>[05:48&nbsp;-&nbsp;06:17] Gürkan's love of nature and the outdoors</li><li>[06:42&nbsp;-&nbsp;08:38] Hot Takes with Thom</li><li>[08:54&nbsp;-&nbsp;10:41] Experience prior to Coupa, and a lack of SaaS management</li><li>[10:43&nbsp;-&nbsp;11:55] Using Zylo to make informed decisions in the procurement process</li><li>[11:58&nbsp;-&nbsp;13:54] Freedom of choice in daily application preferences, and uncontrolled chaos</li><li>[13:57&nbsp;-&nbsp;16:22] Coupa's business objectives and how SaaS factors in</li><li>[16:37&nbsp;-&nbsp;18:02] Taking pride in spend management and reacting to an economic slowdown</li><li>[18:10&nbsp;-&nbsp;20:01] Thinking about how to manage and measure risk compliance internally</li><li>[20:02&nbsp;-&nbsp;21:01] Compliance reviews</li><li>[21:02&nbsp;-&nbsp;23:04] Measurement of shadow IT</li><li>[23:10&nbsp;-&nbsp;25:26] Mergers &amp; Acquisitions</li><li>[25:27&nbsp;-&nbsp;27:19] Closing out with rapid fire questions</li></ul>

Experienced IT Risk & Controls Director with a demonstrated history of helping Tech companies achieve complex compliance goals. Skilled in SOC1 & SOC2, COBIT, ISO 27001, IT Audit, SOX and Internal Controls. 

Gürkan Berkan 

Director, IT Projects at Coupa Software

In this episode, Gürkan Berkan shares how Coupa is using a SaaS management tool to gain visibility to SaaS risks and ultimately protect the business.


Gürkan Berkan: Protecting the Business from SaaS Risks at Coupa

Coupa Weeds Out SaaS Risks through Greater Visibility

A lack of visibility into your SaaS stack can mean plausible deniability. But, if you want to protect your business from risk, you must have a complete picture. In this episode, Coupa’s Director of IT Compliance, Gürkan Berkan, shares how using a SaaS management tool has helped them shed light on risks like shadow IT, security, compliance, and spend – and how they’re staying on top of it today.


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