Gatorbytes.
Gatorbytes are the free, no-login starter kits that ship inside Bayou Bytes — self-contained files and plain-language guides you can open in any browser and use today. They’re the takeaways, not the newsletter issues themselves.
The Alert Coverage Kit
gatorbyte #012 · free downloadYour logging is probably fine — your alerting is the open question. Pick five events that must never happen quietly, run the three-question test, then generate one on purpose and record what actually reached a human.
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The Offboarding Evidence Kit
gatorbyte #011 · free downloadThe afternoon that finds what a departure left open — the identity hunt across ten places access hides, the six-month rule for who to audit, the verify-in-the-system pass, and the revocation log.
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The Login Surface Kit
gatorbyte #010 · free downloadThe one-afternoon login-surface review — the 12-category door inventory, the per-door MFA coverage matrix, the legacy-path kill list, and the help-desk verification script.
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The Management Plane Kit
gatorbyte #009 · free downloadThe two-hour RMM review — the five-question hardening checklist, a patch verification log that turns “we’re patched” into evidence, four session tells worth alerting on, and the 90-day retro-hunt worksheet.
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The Restore-Proof Kit
gatorbyte #008 · free downloadProve a restore in 45 minutes — the drill agenda, a restore log that doubles as audit-prep evidence, the 3-2-1-1-0 self-check, and a quarterly rotation planner.
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The IR Tabletop-in-a-Box
gatorbyte #007 · free downloadA 60-minute ransomware drill, zero consultants — facilitator agenda, three scenario decks, role cards, and an after-action register that turns the hour into dated evidence.
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The Vendor-Risk 3-Question Tracker
gatorbyte #006 · free downloadOne row per vendor and three questions that surface real third-party risk, plus a contract-clause checklist and a tabletop breach drill.
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The CaaS Pricing & Scoping Worksheet
gatorbyte #005 · free downloadScope a compliance client in ~20 minutes — twelve questions, a three-tier service menu, and the margin math for turning work you already do into a billable line.
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The Shadow AI Starter Kit
gatorbyte #004 · free downloadFind every AI tool your org already uses: the 3-question discovery drill, an AI tool inventory, and a 1-page acceptable-use policy template — the 30-minute version of an AI governance program.
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The Evidence Register
gatorbyte #003 · free downloadStop hunting for proof at audit time — a ready-to-run register that ties each control to the evidence behind it, one row per artifact, ready to reuse.
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The Govern Tracker
gatorbyte #002 · free downloadWhy Govern is so often the weakest function in a first assessment — and the three policies that move the needle fastest, with a tracker you can run on your own environment this week.
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The ten NIST CSF 2.0 controls teams miss most
gatorbyte #001 · free downloadThe field guide: the gaps auditors flag first, with exactly what evidence closes each one — for IT leads, vCISOs, MSPs, and founders prepping a first audit.
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One email each Tuesday: the week’s threats that matter, one copy-paste hardening step, and the script to explain it to a non-technical stakeholder. Free, no pitch.
