The Security Gator LLC · Gary Austin · 405 E Farren Ave., Earlington, KY 42410, USA
BigG.TheCreator@TheSecurityGator.com · thesecuritygator.com
Last Updated: June 11, 2026
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of The Security Gator LLC, including my website, Beehiiv-hosted newsletter, public cybersecurity commentary, social media content, video content, digital resources, software-related materials, public posts, and related online content.
For these Terms, “I,” “me,” “my,” and “mine” refer to Gary Austin, owner of The Security Gator LLC, a single-member limited liability company based in Earlington, Kentucky, USA. “You” means any person, subscriber, visitor, viewer, customer, business, in-house security or IT team, compliance or risk lead, vCISO, MSP, MSSP, consultant, SMB owner, startup founder, organization, or other user who accesses or interacts with my content, pages, products, storefronts, or services.
My newsletter is Gator’s Weekly Bayou Bytes, subtitled Cybersecurity Intelligence for Teams That Actually Run It. It is described as: “The cybersecurity newsletter anyone running real environments actually reads. Three sections, twelve minutes, every Tuesday - frameworks, configs, and the takes nobody else publishes.” By accessing, reading, subscribing to, sharing, commenting on, downloading from, purchasing from, or otherwise using The Security Gator LLC content or services, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not use my content, newsletter, website, pages, products, storefronts, or services.
405 E Farren Ave.
Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ Beehiiv: https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/
The Security Gator LLC may operate through the following business-linked channels: Website: https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ Beehiiv: https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/ Polar: https://polar.sh/thesecuritygator Gumroad: https://thesecuritygator.gumroad.com/ Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigG.TheCreator YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSecurityGator TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesecuritygator LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/BigGTheCreator X: https://www.x.com/@BigG_TheCreator Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@thesecuritygator GitHub: https://www.github.com/BigG-TheCreator Bluesky: https://bigg-thecreator.bsky.social Discord: https://www.discord.gg/BigG.TheCreator These third-party platforms are not owned or controlled by me. Your use of them may be governed by their own terms, privacy policies, analytics systems, advertising systems, community rules, monetization rules, copyright systems, and moderation decisions.
These Terms apply to my free and public-facing content, including:
Separate purchase terms and license terms apply when you buy digital assets, software, downloads, templates, tools, or related materials through Polar, Gumroad, Beehiiv, my website, or another checkout platform.
The Security Gator LLC is intended for any team or individual responsible for operating, proving, or defending a cybersecurity and compliance posture — including but not limited to in-house security and IT teams, compliance, risk, and audit leads, vCISOs, managed service providers (MSPs) and MSSPs, cybersecurity consultants, SMB owners, startup founders, technical leaders, senior technicians, operators, and other professional users who want practical cybersecurity intelligence, commentary, frameworks, configurations, and industry talking points.
My content is provided for general informational, educational, operational, technical, and business discussion purposes. It is not a substitute for professional legal, compliance, tax, accounting, insurance, incident response, forensics, penetration testing, architecture review, or security engineering advice tailored to your specific environment.
You are responsible for evaluating whether any content, framework, configuration, opinion, workflow, tool, or recommendation is appropriate for your systems, clients, contracts, regulatory environment, insurance obligations, security stack, and risk profile.
Cybersecurity changes quickly. Threats, vulnerabilities, tools, frameworks, vendor guidance, attacker techniques, exploit methods, regulatory expectations, insurance requirements, and best practices may change after I publish something.
I make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate commentary, but I do not guarantee that any content is complete, current, error-free, suitable for your environment, or sufficient to prevent compromise, loss, liability, audit failure, downtime, breach, ransomware, regulatory action, client dispute, insurance denial, or other harm.
You should test configurations, scripts, workflows, detections, templates, and security recommendations in a safe environment before using them in production or client environments.
You agree to use my content, tools, software, scripts, configurations, templates, and cybersecurity materials only for lawful, authorized, and ethical purposes. You may not use my content or products to:
Any offensive, exploit-related, vulnerability-related, or attacker-technique discussion is provided for defensive awareness, authorized testing, education, and risk reduction only.
Some of my research, drafting, summarization, analysis, editing, organization, ideation, content planning, and content production may be assisted by artificial intelligence tools. I use AI as a research and productivity aid, not as a replacement for my own editorial judgment. I remain responsible for what I publish under The Security Gator LLC.
AI-assisted content may contain mistakes, omissions, outdated information, hallucinations, or misinterpretations. You should independently verify technical, legal, regulatory, security, or business- critical information before relying on it.
Unless I clearly state otherwise, AI assistance does not mean that any third party has endorsed, verified, sponsored, or approved my content.
My opinions, commentary, rankings, recommendations, criticism, and analysis are my own unless I clearly state otherwise. If I publish sponsored content, paid placements, affiliate links, gifted access, referral links, partnership content, free review access, or other material relationships, I will make reasonable efforts to disclose that relationship clearly.
Mentions of vendors, products, tools, frameworks, threat actors, security companies, researchers, public reports, social media posts, or third-party materials do not automatically mean endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, or approval.
Gator’s Weekly Bayou Bytes is hosted through Beehiiv. By subscribing, you may be subject to Beehiiv’s own terms, privacy practices, subscriber tools, and platform rules. I may send newsletter issues, cybersecurity commentary, product updates, announcements, free resources, promotional emails, and related communications to subscribers.
You can unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link in an email or by contacting me at [email protected]. I may change the newsletter schedule, format, sections, topics, availability, archives, subscriber benefits, or platform at any time.
I do not currently offer paid newsletter subscriptions or paid recurring subscriptions through Beehiiv.
I may publish, repost, comment, stream, or interact through multiple social media and content platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, GitHub, Bluesky, and Discord. Those platforms are controlled by third parties. Your use of those platforms is governed by their own terms, privacy policies, community rules, monetization policies, copyright systems, moderation systems, and advertising policies.
I am not responsible for third-party platform outages, account restrictions, removed posts, algorithmic reach, moderation decisions, comment behavior, advertising practices, analytics changes, data practices, or platform policy enforcement.
When interacting with The Security Gator LLC, you agree not to:
I may block, remove, report, restrict, or moderate content or users at my discretion.
The Security Gator LLC name, branding, newsletter title, original commentary, written content, graphics, digital resources, templates, files, software-related materials, product names, designs, workflows, documentation, and other original materials are owned by me or my licensors unless otherwise stated.
You may read, share, and link to my public content for lawful, non-misleading purposes, provided you do not remove attribution, misrepresent authorship, or imply endorsement. You may not copy, scrape, reproduce, republish, sell, redistribute, train competing commercial systems on, or exploit my content, newsletter, paid materials, software, templates, or digital assets without permission.
Unless I state otherwise in writing, public content from The Security Gator LLC is provided for personal reading, professional awareness, internal business discussion, and lawful educational use. You may not package my content into a paid course, paid newsletter, consulting deliverable, template library, research product, software product, threat intelligence product, internal training product, or competing publication without my written permission.
The Security Gator LLC may sell digital assets, templates, software, downloads, guides, tools, or related products through Polar and Gumroad. Purchases made through those storefronts may be subject to the terms, refund rules, tax handling, payment processing, account access, fraud controls, and privacy practices of the applicable storefront.
These Terms of Use apply to your use of my content and brand. My Terms of Service, EULA, product- specific terms, license terms, checkout terms, and storefront terms may also apply to purchases.
My content may reference or link to third-party reports, advisories, vendor blogs, news articles, open- source projects, frameworks, social posts, videos, documentation, tools, CVEs, government guidance, or other materials.
Third-party links are provided for convenience, research, attribution, commentary, or context. I do not control third-party content and am not responsible for its accuracy, security, legality, availability, or privacy practices.
Reading my newsletter, watching my videos, downloading free resources, interacting on social media, joining a Discord server, reviewing GitHub content, or purchasing a digital product does not create a consulting, vCISO, managed security, incident response, legal, fiduciary, professional services, or advisory relationship unless we enter into a separate written agreement.
My content is not legal, tax, accounting, financial, insurance, regulatory, compliance, forensic, incident response, or professional security advice. Cybersecurity materials may discuss technical or operational topics, but you remain responsible for your own implementation, client obligations, controls, testing, change management, compliance program, and business decisions.
I do not guarantee that my content, products, templates, configurations, frameworks, software, commentary, or recommendations will:
You use my content and products at your own risk.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Security Gator LLC content and related materials are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. I disclaim warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, security, availability, and error-free operation.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or enhanced damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, business interruption, loss of goodwill, security incidents, breach costs, remediation costs, audit failures, client disputes, or third-party claims.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability for any claim related to these Terms or The Security Gator LLC content will not exceed $100 or the amount you paid me for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim, whichever is greater.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gary Austin and The Security Gator LLC from claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from:
I may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last Updated” date shows when these Terms were last revised. Updated Terms apply when posted unless I state otherwise. Your continued use of The Security Gator LLC content, newsletter, website, pages, products, or storefronts after updated Terms are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflict-of- law principles.
Before filing a legal claim, you agree to contact me at [email protected] and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, any court proceeding will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Kentucky, unless applicable law requires a different forum.
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
405 E Farren Ave.
[email protected] https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/
Last Updated: June 11, 2026
These Terms of Service govern purchases, downloads, product access, software, digital assets, templates, tools, license keys, customer support, and related commercial offerings from The Security Gator LLC. For these Terms, “I,” “me,” “my,” and “mine” refer to Gary Austin, owner of The Security Gator LLC, a single-member limited liability company based in Earlington, Kentucky, USA. “You” means any individual, business, in-house security or IT team, compliance or risk lead, vCISO, MSP, MSSP, consultant, SMB owner, startup founder, company, organization, customer, purchaser, downloader, licensee, or authorized user.
By purchasing, downloading, accessing, installing, copying, opening, or using my paid products or services, you agree to these Terms of Service and my applicable EULA. If you do not agree, do not purchase, download, access, install, copy, open, or use my paid products or services.
405 E Farren Ave.
Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ Beehiiv: https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/
My Terms of Use govern general access to The Security Gator LLC content, newsletter, Beehiiv pages, public posts, social media content, video content, GitHub content, and community spaces. These Terms of Service govern customer transactions, paid products, downloads, software, digital assets, product support, and commercial access.
My EULA governs the license terms for software, digital assets, templates, scripts, files, downloads, and related licensed materials. If a product page, license file, checkout page, Polar term, Gumroad term, invoice, order form, master services agreement, or signed written agreement includes more specific terms, the more specific terms control for that product or transaction.
I may sell or provide:
Other digital products or services related to cybersecurity operations, security leadership, or technical business enablement. Product features, formats, descriptions, pricing, availability, support, access terms, and delivery methods may change at any time.
My products are intended for any individual or organization responsible for operating, proving, or defending a cybersecurity and compliance posture — including but not limited to in-house security and IT teams, compliance, risk, and audit leads, vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs, cybersecurity consultants, SMB owners, startup founders, technical operators, and senior practitioners who understand they are responsible for their own security decisions, testing, implementation, client and stakeholder obligations, and legal compliance.
My products are not intended to be blindly deployed without review, testing, validation, and authorization.
I do not currently offer paid recurring subscriptions across Beehiiv, Polar, Gumroad, or my related services. If I later offer paid subscriptions, memberships, recurring software access, or any automatic-renewal product, I will provide renewal terms, price, billing frequency, cancellation instructions, and any required automatic-renewal disclosures at or before checkout.
You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to purchase from me. If you purchase on behalf of a company, MSP, client, employer, agency, organization, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms. In that case, “you” refers to both you personally and the entity you represent.
I may sell products through Polar, Gumroad, Beehiiv, my website, or other third-party storefronts and checkout platforms. Depending on the platform and transaction, the storefront may handle payment processing, sales tax, VAT, receipts, chargebacks, refunds, customer portals, fraud checks, product delivery, and related checkout functions.
Your purchase may be subject to:
Submitting an order does not guarantee acceptance. I or the applicable storefront may reject, cancel, refund, limit, suspend, or review an order for reasons including payment failure, suspected fraud, technical errors, pricing errors, product availability, platform restrictions, policy violations, chargeback risk, or violation of these Terms.
You agree to provide accurate billing, contact, tax, and payment information. Payments may be processed through Polar, Gumroad, Beehiiv, Stripe, PayPal, card networks, or other third-party payment services depending on the checkout flow.
If your payment fails, is reversed, disputed, charged back, or declined, I may suspend or terminate your access to the related product, license, download, or support.
Prices may or may not include applicable taxes depending on the storefront, jurisdiction, product type, and checkout platform. Polar, Gumroad, or another checkout provider may calculate, collect, remit, or manage taxes depending on the transaction and their role in the sale.
You are responsible for any taxes, duties, reporting obligations, or compliance duties that apply to your purchase or use of my products, except taxes based on my income.
Digital products may be delivered by download link, email, customer portal, license key, Gumroad library, Polar customer portal, Beehiiv post, account access, or another electronic method. You are responsible for:
I am not responsible for lost access caused by deleted emails, expired links, platform account issues, failure to download files, failure to save files, third-party outages, or circumstances outside my reasonable control.
Pre-Purchase Acknowledgment. By completing checkout, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted this No-Refund Policy before payment is authorized. This policy is conspicuously disclosed on the product page, at checkout, and in these Terms, and your purchase constitutes affirmative acceptance of it.
My products are digital and are delivered in full at or shortly after purchase. All digital sales are final, and I do not offer refunds. By purchasing, you acknowledge that you are buying a digital product that cannot be returned once delivered, and you waive any right to a refund to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Material Failure Carveout. A refund or replacement may be issued where the Licensed Materials materially fail to perform as described in their product listing, and the failure is not caused by your environment, configuration, third-party services, or misuse. The remedy is at my sole discretion and may be a corrected file, replacement download, store credit, or refund.
This no-refund policy is subject to three things outside my control:
If a product is genuinely corrupt or functionally inoperable on delivery, contact me and I will, at my sole discretion, provide a corrected file, replacement download, or reasonable troubleshooting — a fix, not necessarily a refund.
A product is not considered functionally inoperable merely because:
To report a corrupt or inoperable file, email [email protected] and include:
If you receive a refund by any means — from me, from the storefront, or through a dispute — your license to use the refunded product ends immediately and you must stop using and delete all copies, unless I state otherwise in writing.
All paid digital products, software, files, scripts, templates, and downloads are licensed, not sold. Unless a product page, license file, MSA, or written agreement says otherwise, every purchase is subject to my strict single-user EULA.
A single-user license means one named individual may use the product. You may not share the product, account access, source files, license keys, download links, or editable materials with coworkers, employees, contractors, clients, students, subscribers, customers, or other users.
MSAs, team licenses, MSP licenses, client-use licenses, enterprise licenses, white-label rights, resale rights, managed-service rights, and custom licensing terms may be available by written agreement. To discuss a custom license or MSA, contact me at [email protected].
No MSA, team license, enterprise license, resale right, redistribution right, or client-delivery right exists unless I agree to it in a signed written agreement.
Because my audience includes vCISOs, MSPs, consultants, in-house security and IT teams, and others who operate across multiple environments, some products may be useful in client- or stakeholder-facing work. Unless the EULA, product page, or a signed agreement says otherwise, you may use purchased materials internally — across the environments you personally operate as the licensed single named user — to inform your own work, operations, documentation, and security thinking.
However, you may not provide my raw files, templates, software, scripts, checklists, downloads, paid content, editable source materials, or substantially similar copied materials directly to clients as standalone deliverables unless I expressly allow it in writing.
You remain responsible for your client engagements, contracts, statements of work, compliance obligations, change management, testing, implementation, recommendations, and professional judgment.
If I provide software, code, scripts, configurations, detection logic, automations, queries, or other technical materials, they are provided for lawful, authorized, defensive, educational, and internal business purposes only.
You are responsible for:
I do not guarantee that any software, script, configuration, query, detection, template, or workflow will be secure, uninterrupted, compatible, error-free, vulnerability-free, or suitable for your environment.
I may update, revise, remove, replace, or discontinue products at any time. A purchase does not guarantee lifetime updates, permanent availability, future versions, feature additions, compatibility updates, or ongoing support unless the product page or written agreement specifically says so.
I may provide customer support, documentation, product help, bug fixes, or troubleshooting at my discretion or as stated on a product page. Support does not include custom implementation, environment-specific configuration, managed security services, incident response, legal review, compliance certification, tax advice, accounting advice, forensic analysis, client deliverables, or guaranteed response times unless I specifically agree in writing.
Some products, documentation, descriptions, research, summaries, product ideas, analysis, or supporting materials may be created, reviewed, organized, edited, or improved with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools.
I use AI as a productivity and research aid, but I remain responsible for what I publish and sell under The Security Gator LLC. AI-assisted materials may contain errors, omissions, outdated information, or misinterpretations. You are responsible for independently verifying anything technical, legal, regulatory, operational, or business-critical before relying on it.
If you send me files, logs, screenshots, business information, support requests, comments, reviews, testimonials, feedback, or other materials, you represent that you have the right to provide them. You retain ownership of your materials. You grant me a limited license to use them as reasonably necessary to provide support, process your request, improve my products, enforce these Terms, prevent fraud or abuse, and comply with law.
Do not send confidential, regulated, classified, sensitive, client-proprietary, protected health, payment card, credential, secret, token, key, or security-sensitive information unless we have a separate written agreement that covers that information.
If you provide ideas, suggestions, corrections, bug reports, feature requests, testimonials, reviews, or feedback, I may use them without restriction, payment, credit, or obligation to you.
You may not use my products or services to:
My products, software, templates, files, documentation, newsletters, graphics, product names, branding, workflows, research, and related materials are owned by me or my licensors. Except for the limited license I expressly grant, no ownership rights are transferred to you.
The Security Gator LLC name, branding, newsletter title, product names, and related materials may not be used without my permission.
My products and services may reference, integrate with, depend on, or be sold through third-party platforms, including Beehiiv, Polar, Gumroad, YouTube, TikTok, social networks, payment processors, cloud services, analytics providers, email providers, security vendors, open-source projects, or software tools.
I do not control third-party platforms and am not responsible for their terms, policies, outages, pricing, product changes, security, privacy practices, moderation decisions, tax handling, or account actions.
Buying a product from me does not create a consulting, vCISO, managed security, MSSP, incident response, forensics, legal, compliance, fiduciary, or professional services relationship unless we enter into a separate written agreement.
My products and services are not legal, tax, accounting, financial, insurance, forensic, incident response, regulatory, or compliance advice. Cybersecurity-related products may provide technical or operational information, but you are responsible for deciding whether and how to use them.
I do not guarantee that my products or services will:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my products and services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. I disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, security, compatibility, availability, uninterrupted operation, and error-free performance.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or enhanced damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, security incidents, breach costs, ransomware losses, remediation expenses, client disputes, failed audits, business interruption, loss of goodwill, or replacement costs.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability for any claim related to a product, service, or these Terms will not exceed the amount you paid me for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim during the three months before the event giving rise to the claim, or $100, whichever is greater.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gary Austin and The Security Gator LLC from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to:
I may suspend or terminate your access to products, support, downloads, license keys, or customer portals if you violate these Terms, fail to pay, misuse a product, create legal or security risk, infringe intellectual property, or engage in harmful conduct.
Upon termination, your right to access or use the applicable product or service ends immediately.
I may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last Updated” date shows when these Terms were last revised. Updated Terms apply when posted unless I state otherwise. Your continued use of my products or services after updated Terms are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflict-of- law principles.
Before filing a legal claim, you agree to contact me at [email protected] and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, any court proceeding will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Kentucky, unless applicable law requires a different forum.
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
405 E Farren Ave.
[email protected] https://www.thesecuritygator.com/
Last Updated: June 11, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, share, and protect personal information in connection with The Security Gator LLC, including Gator’s Weekly Bayou Bytes, my Beehiiv-hosted newsletter, website, landing page, Polar storefront, Gumroad storefront, digital products, software, social media pages, video platforms, GitHub presence, Discord community, and related online activity.
For this Privacy Policy, “I,” “me,” “my,” and “mine” refer to Gary Austin, owner of The Security Gator LLC, a single-member limited liability company based in Earlington, Kentucky, USA.
405 E Farren Ave.
Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ Beehiiv: https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/
This Privacy Policy applies when you:
This Privacy Policy does not control the privacy practices of Beehiiv, Polar, Gumroad, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, GitHub, Bluesky, Discord, payment processors, analytics providers, advertising platforms, or other third parties.
Depending on how you interact with The Security Gator LLC, I may collect the following categories of information.
Name, email address, business name, job title, role, company, mailing address, billing address, and similar contact details.
Email address, subscription status, signup source, unsubscribe status, preferences, referral information, email opens, clicks, reading activity, and engagement with Gator’s Weekly Bayou Bytes.
Product purchased, order number, purchase date, payment status, refund status, storefront used, customer portal details, license key information, download activity, and related transaction records. I generally do not receive or store full payment card numbers. Payment details are processed by third- party payment and checkout platforms.
Information you provide about your organization, cybersecurity or compliance role, in-house team, MSP or MSSP, vCISO practice, consultancy, clients, industry, tools, workflows, security or compliance needs, or business use case.
Emails, support requests, comments, direct messages, replies, survey responses, feedback, reviews, testimonials, screenshots, files, bug reports, or other information you send me.
IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location, referral URLs, pages viewed, links clicked, access times, log data, cookies, pixels, analytics identifiers, and similar technical information.
Public profile information, usernames, comments, likes, shares, reposts, replies, video engagement, platform interactions, public follower information, public engagement information, and other information visible to me when you interact with The Security Gator LLC on third-party social or video platforms.
Depending on the product and storefront, I may receive information about downloads, license activation, account access, support usage, customer portal activity, or product-related communications.
When you first activate a paid downloadable application (for example, AxiomLens), the software sends a one-time request to my license-activation service containing your order ID, the email used at purchase, and a hashed hardware fingerprint — a one-way identifier derived from device characteristics (such as machine, motherboard, processor, and network-adapter identifiers) used to lock the license to your hardware and prevent unauthorized redistribution. Only the hashed value, order ID, and email are transmitted — not the raw device details — and they are used solely to validate and enforce your license. This is a one-time, first-run check; after activation the application runs locally and does not require an ongoing connection. The online edition of AxiomGlass (the browser-based Lite self-assessment) works differently: it verifies your license each time you open it and records a lightweight open-count tied to your order, so it requires an internet connection to open — but your assessment answers stay in your browser and are not transmitted to me. I do not use this information for advertising and do not sell it.
If you send me files, logs, screenshots, examples, client scenarios, configuration details, support materials, or other content, I may collect and process what you provide. Do not send sensitive, confidential, regulated, classified, credential-related, secret, token, key, client- proprietary, protected health, payment card, or security-sensitive information unless we have a separate written agreement covering that information.
I may collect information:
I may use personal information to:
Part of my research, drafting, summarization, analysis, content planning, editing, and organization may be assisted by artificial intelligence tools. I may use AI tools to help analyze public cybersecurity news, public vendor guidance, public reports, public advisories, public social media discussion, public technical documentation, and other public or lawfully available information.
I do not intend to use AI tools as a substitute for my own editorial judgment. I remain responsible for what I publish under The Security Gator LLC. I do not intentionally submit sensitive customer information, credentials, secrets, private client data, or regulated information to public AI tools. You should not send me sensitive or confidential information unless we have a separate written agreement covering that information.
I and my service providers may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, tags, scripts, analytics tools, log files, platform dashboards, and similar technologies to:
Depending on the platform, account type, account eligibility, user privacy settings, cookie settings, ad settings, and whether I enable paid ads, pixels, or integrations, I may have access to analytics such as those described below.
Through Beehiiv, I may have access to newsletter and publication analytics such as subscriber email addresses, subscription status, signup source, referrals, email opens, clicks, engagement, subscriber growth, unsubscribe activity, audience segments, poll/survey responses if used, and performance of newsletter posts or campaigns.
Through my website, landing page, hosting provider, domain tools, analytics integrations, cookie tools, or security tools, I may have access to analytics such as page views, visits, referrers, approximate location, browser type, device type, operating system, IP address, conversion activity, form submissions, link clicks, and security logs.
Through Polar, I may have access to order, customer, product, revenue, refund, chargeback, tax, license key, download, checkout, subscription-status-if-ever-used, affiliate-if-enabled, fraud, and payment-status information connected to purchases made through my Polar storefront.
Through Gumroad, I may have access to seller analytics and transaction information such as customer email, order details, product purchased, price paid, refunds, chargebacks, download activity, sales performance, product performance, referrals, affiliate-if-enabled data, discount or offer-code activity, and third-party analytics integrations if enabled.
Through Meta-related tools such as Meta Business Suite, Facebook Page insights, and Instagram professional insights, I may have access to aggregated and account-level metrics such as views, reach, impressions, profile visits, follows, follower growth, audience demographics, content interactions, likes, comments, shares, saves, replies, reposts, link clicks, video views, watch metrics, story or reel performance, ad performance if ads are used, and other engagement or audience information.
Through YouTube Studio and YouTube Analytics, I may have access to channel and video analytics such as views, watch time, subscribers, impressions, click-through rate, traffic sources, audience retention, engagement, likes, comments, shares, playlist activity, device type, geography, age ranges, gender estimates where available, revenue if monetized, and other channel or content performance metrics.
Through TikTok creator, business, studio, promote, or ads tools, I may have access to account and content metrics such as video views, profile views, likes, comments, shares, favorites, follower growth, follower activity, audience demographics, watch time, retention, traffic sources, LIVE metrics if used, ad performance if ads are used, campaign performance, and other TikTok performance data.
Through LinkedIn profile, creator, or page analytics, I may have access to metrics such as post impressions, reactions, comments, reposts, engagement, followers, follower demographics, profile viewers, search appearances, content performance, page visitors, newsletter analytics if used, leads if enabled, and other professional audience metrics.
Through X account tools, post analytics, creator tools, advertising tools, or monetization tools if enabled, I may have access to metrics such as post views, impressions, engagement, likes, reposts, replies, bookmarks, profile visits, follower growth, link clicks, video views, ad performance if ads are used, and monetization-related metrics if applicable.
Through GitHub, I may have access to repository traffic information such as repository views, unique visitors, clones, referring sites, popular content, stars, forks, issues, pull requests, discussions, and other public or repository-level interaction data depending on repository permissions and settings.
Through Discord server tools, community tools, moderation tools, server insights, bots, or integrations if enabled, I may have access to server-level or community-level information such as member count, join sources, retention, activity, engagement, message activity, channel activity, announcement analytics, moderation logs, usernames, display names, roles, and other server interaction information. Some Discord analytics may be aggregated, thresholded, limited, or available only to eligible community servers.
Bluesky may provide public or account-visible interaction information such as followers, follows, posts, reposts, likes, replies, mentions, public profile information, and public engagement. If Bluesky or third- party analytics tools provide additional business analytics in the future, I may use them to understand content performance and audience engagement.
I may enable or test third-party analytics, advertising, pixel, tag management, link tracking, or reporting tools in the future. If I do, those tools may collect information such as page views, events, conversions, traffic sources, device information, cookie identifiers, ad interactions, and campaign performance.
If you subscribe to Gator’s Weekly Bayou Bytes or provide your email address, I may send you:
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting me at [email protected]. Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, I may still send transactional or service-related messages, such as purchase confirmations, product delivery emails, cancellation confirmations if applicable, security notices, legal updates, or support responses.
I may share personal information with the following categories of third parties.
I use Beehiiv to host and manage my newsletter, subscriber list, email delivery, newsletter analytics, subscriber tools, and related features.
I use Polar and Gumroad to sell digital assets, software, downloads, and related products. These platforms may process orders, payments, taxes, receipts, refunds, chargebacks, customer portals, product delivery, and related analytics.
Payment processors may process billing details, payment status, transaction IDs, refunds, chargebacks, fraud checks, and related payment information.
I may use hosting providers, website tools, email tools, analytics providers, cloud services, automation tools, customer support tools, security tools, file delivery systems, domain providers, and other technology providers.
I may use AI-assisted tools and productivity tools to help with research, drafting, summarization, editing, organization, customer support workflows, or business operations. I do not intentionally provide sensitive customer data to public AI tools.
If you interact with me on platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, GitHub, Bluesky, or Discord, your interactions may be visible to the platform and may be governed by that platform’s privacy policy.
I may share information with attorneys, accountants, tax advisors, auditors, insurers, and other professional advisors.
I may share information if I believe it is necessary to comply with law, respond to legal process, enforce my terms, protect rights, prevent fraud, respond to abuse, investigate security issues, or protect The Security Gator LLC, subscribers, customers, platforms, or third parties.
I may share information in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, financing, reorganization, change of control, bankruptcy, or similar business transaction involving The Security Gator LLC.
I may share information when you direct me to do so, consent to sharing, or intentionally use third-party integrations or platforms.
I do not sell personal information in the traditional sense of exchanging it for money. However, some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. If I use advertising pixels, retargeting tools, affiliate tools, analytics platforms, paid ad platforms, or marketing integrations, those activities may be considered targeted advertising, sale, or sharing under certain laws.
If applicable, you may opt out by contacting me at [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Opt-Out.”
I keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
When information is no longer needed, I may delete, de-identify, aggregate, or securely retain it as permitted by law.
I use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. No system, platform, email service, storefront, payment processor, cloud service, AI tool, or internet transmission is completely secure. I cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for keeping your accounts, passwords, download links, license keys, customer portal access, and devices secure.
The Security Gator LLC is intended for adults and business/professional audiences. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to me, contact me at [email protected], and I will take appropriate steps to delete the information where required by law.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:
To submit a privacy request, email [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Request.” I may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
If the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act applies to The Security Gator LLC and to your personal information, Kentucky consumers may have the right to:
To exercise Kentucky privacy rights, email [email protected] with the subject line “Kentucky Privacy Request.” If I deny your request and applicable law gives you an appeal right, you may appeal by emailing [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Appeal.”
Residents of other U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state laws. If such laws apply to The Security Gator LLC and to your personal information, you may submit a request using the contact information in this Privacy Policy.
I will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights, but some products, downloads, software, newsletter features, storefronts, or services may require certain information to function.
If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the following applies to the personal data I process about you.
Controller. The Security Gator LLC (Kentucky, USA) is the controller of your personal data for the purposes described in this policy. Contact: [email protected].
Legal bases. I process personal data on the following bases: performance of a contract (delivering, activating, and supporting a product you purchased — including one-time license activation and, for the online edition of AxiomGlass, the per-open license check); my legitimate interests (securing and enforcing licenses and preventing unauthorized redistribution, operating and improving the business, and responding to inquiries); your consent (for the newsletter and certain cookies/analytics, where required); and compliance with legal obligations.
Your rights. Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a portable copy of your personal data; object to or request restriction of certain processing; and withdraw consent at any time (without affecting processing already carried out). To exercise these rights, email [email protected] with the subject line "GDPR Request." You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office).
International transfers. I am based in the United States and use service providers (for example, storefront/payment, email, and cloud-hosting providers) that may process data in the United States and elsewhere. Where required, such transfers rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or a provider's equivalent mechanism.
Retention. I keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above (for example, order and license records for support, tax, and anti-fraud purposes), then delete or anonymize it.
If you are a California resident, you may have the right to know what personal information I collect and how I use and disclose it; to request access to or deletion of your personal information; to correct inaccurate personal information; and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. The categories of personal information I may collect are described above — for example, identifiers (such as name, email, and order ID), a hashed hardware fingerprint used for license activation, internet/usage and device information, and information you submit.
I do not sell your personal information, and I do not "share" it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA. To exercise your California rights, email [email protected] with the subject line "California Privacy Request." I will verify your request as required by law, and you may use an authorized agent.
The Security Gator LLC is based in the United States. If you access my newsletter, products, storefronts, social media, or services from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where my service providers operate.
Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.
My newsletter, products, website pages, social posts, and videos may link to third-party websites, reports, vendors, tools, platforms, integrations, documentation, social media pages, government resources, or cybersecurity sources.
I am not responsible for third-party privacy practices, security, content, policies, or terms. Review third- party privacy policies before providing personal information.
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no uniform industry standard for responding to these signals, I may not respond to them unless required by law.
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last Updated” date shows when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Updated versions will be posted on my website, Beehiiv page, storefront, or another location I make available. If changes are material, I may provide notice by email, Beehiiv post, website notice, account notice, or another reasonable method.
Your continued use of The Security Gator LLC after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
Questions or requests about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
405 E Farren Ave.
[email protected] https://www.thesecuritygator.com/ https://thesecuritygator.beehiiv.com/
Last Updated: June 18, 2026
This End User License Agreement governs your use of software, digital assets, templates, files, scripts, configurations, documentation, downloads, tools, workflows, and related materials made available by The Security Gator LLC.
For this EULA, “I,” “me,” “my,” and “mine” refer to Gary Austin, owner of The Security Gator LLC, a single-member limited liability company based in Earlington, Kentucky, USA. “Licensed Materials” means any software, digital asset, file, template, script, configuration, guide, documentation, download, code snippet, tool, framework, checklist, workflow, or related product I provide, whether purchased through Polar, Gumroad, Beehiiv, my website, GitHub, email, or another delivery method.
By purchasing, downloading, installing, copying, opening, accessing, or using any Licensed Materials, you agree to this EULA. If you do not agree, do not purchase, download, install, copy, open, access, or use the Licensed Materials.
Licensed Materials are licensed, not sold. I retain all ownership rights, intellectual property rights, copyrights, trade secrets, branding rights, and other rights in the Licensed Materials. Your purchase gives you only the limited rights expressly granted in this EULA or in a signed written agreement.
Each purchase grants a one-time, perpetual license to use the version of the Licensed Materials you purchased, for one named individual user, subject to this EULA. It is not a subscription: no recurring or ongoing fee is required to keep using the version you purchased. The license is non-transferable and may be revoked for breach. I am not obligated to provide updates, new versions, hosting, uptime, monitoring, support, or any third-party service unless I expressly state otherwise in writing.
If The Security Gator LLC ceases operations, ceases to maintain license-issuing infrastructure, or otherwise becomes unable to issue, re-issue, or validate licenses for the AxiomLens product line, the Company commits — prior to such cessation, where reasonably practicable — to publish (i) a documented offline-activation fallback procedure and (ii) an unsigned license-generation utility, in form and substance sufficient to allow then-current licensed users to continue operating their lawfully purchased copies of the Software indefinitely on then-current or replacement hardware, without ongoing dependence on Company infrastructure. Publication may be effected by public repository release, sealed-instrument release through legal escrow, or any equivalent mechanism the Company elects in good faith. This commitment runs in favor of then-current licensed users and survives the dissolution of the Company. Nothing in this Section §1B limits, expands, or otherwise modifies any other warranty, refund, support, liability, or indemnity provision of this Agreement, all of which continue to apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Definition of "Single User." "Single User" means one named natural person identified at purchase. The license is non-transferable and may not be reassigned, rotated, shared, or substituted to another individual, employee, contractor, or seat without a new license purchase. If the license is purchased by an organization, the organization must designate one named natural person as the Single User at purchase; the license does not become an organizational, team, or seat-pool license by virtue of organizational purchase.
Internal Use Only — No Service Delivery. The Licensed Materials are licensed for the Single User's personal or internal business use only. "Internal business use" excludes: (a) use as a service deliverable, work product, configuration, or template provided to clients; (b) deployment or operation of the Licensed Materials in a client's environment, account, or workspace, or in any environment operated on behalf of a third party; (c) granting any client, end-user, contractor, student, subscriber, or third party access to the Licensed Materials, even temporarily, view-only, or read-only. Multi-client, MSP, agency, white-label, or service-delivery use rights require a separate signed written agreement.
Unless I state otherwise in a signed written agreement, each purchase grants one license to one named individual user only. A single-user license means:
No team, company-wide, MSP-wide, client-wide, agency-wide, classroom, enterprise, white-label, resale, or redistribution license is included unless I agree to it in writing.
Subject to this EULA, I grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use the Licensed Materials as a single named user for lawful, authorized, defensive, educational, personal professional, or internal business purposes.
You may use the Licensed Materials to inform your own work, improve your own workflows, learn concepts, build internal notes, support your own technical understanding, and perform authorized internal business activities.
The Licensed Materials are tools the Single User deploys and operates in an environment owned and controlled by the Single User (or, where the license is purchased by an organization, by the organization that employs the Single User) — for example, the Single User's own computer, local database, and accounts. I host nothing and operate nothing on your behalf. Deployment, installation, configuration, or operation of the Licensed Materials in a client's environment, a client's account, or any system operated for the benefit of a third party is not permitted under this EULA and requires a separate signed MSP, Agency, or Service Provider Agreement. Where the Licensed Materials use artificial-intelligence, large-language-model, automation, database, hosting, or other third-party services, you must supply and use your own accounts and API keys for those services ("Bring Your Own Key").
You are solely responsible for: (a) obtaining, configuring, and securing your own third-party accounts and API keys; (b) all usage, fees, overages, rate limits, taxes, and other costs charged by those third-party providers; (c) complying with those providers' terms of service, acceptable-use policies, and privacy terms; and (d) any data, prompts, or content you submit to them. I do not provide, host, proxy, resell, subsidize, or guarantee any third-party API, key, model, platform, or service, and I am not responsible for their availability, accuracy, output, pricing, changes, suspension, discontinuation, or any loss or liability arising from your use of them. The Licensed Materials are provided as software only; you own, control, and operate your deployment and bear the associated costs and responsibilities.
If you operate across multiple environments — for example as a vCISO running multiple engagements, an MSP or MSSP running a client book, a consultant or contractor working with several customers, an in-house lead overseeing multiple subsidiaries or business units, or any other service provider — your single-user license allows you as the licensed individual to review and use the Licensed Materials internally to inform your own thinking and work.
However, unless I grant written permission, you may not:
Allow coworkers, contractors, employees, clients, students, or subscribers to use the Licensed Materials under your license. Client-use rights, MSP licenses, MSA terms, team licenses, redistribution rights, and custom commercial rights require a signed written agreement.
Master Services Agreements, custom licenses, multi-user licenses, MSP licenses, client-use licenses, enterprise licenses, white-label licenses, resale rights, redistribution rights, and other expanded rights may be available.
To request those terms, contact me at [email protected]. No expanded license exists unless it is stated in a signed written agreement by The Security Gator LLC.
Anti-Sublicense / Anti-Resale. You may not sublicense, sell, lease, rent, redistribute, share, transfer, assign, or otherwise convey any rights in the Licensed Materials, in whole or in part, in original or modified form. This prohibition includes, without limitation, incorporating the Licensed Materials into derivative templates, training datasets, prompts, automations, dashboards, knowledge bases, or service offerings provided to third parties; and configuring, deploying, or operating the Licensed Materials inside a client, customer, or third-party environment, account, or workspace.
You may not:
You may not redistribute the Licensed Materials in whole or in part, whether modified or unmodified. This includes redistribution through:
You may create internal notes, internal implementation plans, and internal adaptations for your own authorized single-user use. You may not create derivative products, derivative templates, derivative software, derivative checklists, derivative frameworks, derivative training, or substantially similar competing materials for sale, distribution, publication, or client delivery without written permission.
Some Licensed Materials may reference, interact with, depend on, or include third-party materials, public standards, open-source projects, vendor documentation, government guidance, frameworks, or external tools. Third-party materials remain subject to their own licenses, terms, and policies. Nothing in this EULA gives you rights to third-party materials beyond what their own terms allow.
If the Licensed Materials include software, scripts, code, queries, detection logic, configuration files, automations, or similar technical materials, you are responsible for reviewing and testing them before use. You are responsible for:
Licensed Materials are provided for lawful, authorized, defensive, educational, and internal business purposes. You may not use them for unauthorized access, exploitation, phishing, credential theft, malware development, ransomware, persistence, evasion, unauthorized scanning, harmful automation, or other unlawful or abusive activity.
Some Licensed Materials may be researched, drafted, summarized, edited, structured, improved, or reviewed with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools. AI assistance does not guarantee accuracy, completeness, security, legal compliance, technical correctness, or suitability for your environment. You are responsible for verification and testing.
I may provide updates, revisions, corrections, replacement files, or new versions at my discretion. A purchase does not include lifetime updates, future versions, new features, compatibility updates, or ongoing support unless the product page or a signed written agreement says so.
I may discontinue, modify, remove, or replace Licensed Materials at any time.
Support is provided only if stated on the product page or agreed in writing. Support does not include implementation, customization, incident response, forensic analysis, legal review, compliance certification, security architecture review, client deliverables, managed services, or guaranteed response times unless I expressly agree in writing.
Licensed Materials are licensed digital products delivered in full at purchase. All sales are final and no refunds are offered, except where required by applicable law or where the storefront / Merchant of Record (Polar or Gumroad) issues a refund at its own discretion — for example, to prevent or resolve a chargeback (Gumroad typically within about 90 days; Polar typically within about 60 days). Those decisions are made by the storefront, not by me.
If Licensed Materials are corrupt or functionally inoperable on delivery, I may, at my sole discretion, provide a replacement file, corrected download, or reasonable troubleshooting — a fix, not necessarily a refund. If you receive a refund by any means, your license terminates immediately and you must stop using and delete all copies of the refunded Licensed Materials.
If I reasonably suspect unauthorized sharing, resale, redistribution, abuse, license misuse, or violation of this EULA, I may request reasonable information to verify compliance. I may suspend or terminate access if you fail to respond, fail to verify compliance, or violate this EULA.
This EULA remains in effect until terminated. Your license terminates automatically if you violate this EULA, fail to pay, charge back a purchase without valid legal basis, share Licensed Materials without permission, or misuse the Licensed Materials.
Upon termination, you must immediately stop using the Licensed Materials and delete or destroy all copies in your possession or control. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership, restrictions, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, governing law, and dispute provisions.
I reserve all rights not expressly granted in this EULA. No rights are granted by implication, waiver, estoppel, or course of dealing.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Licensed Materials are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. I disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, security, compatibility, availability, uninterrupted operation, and error-free performance.
I do not guarantee that Licensed Materials will prevent attacks, detect every threat, satisfy auditors, satisfy insurers, satisfy regulators, satisfy clients, improve revenue, reduce liability, or work in every environment.
You are responsible for your own security program, testing, controls, change management, contracts, client obligations, and implementation decisions.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or enhanced damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, security incidents, breach costs, ransomware losses, remediation expenses, client disputes, failed audits, business interruption, loss of goodwill, or replacement costs.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability for any claim related to the Licensed Materials or this EULA will not exceed the amount you paid me for the specific Licensed Materials giving rise to the claim during the three months before the event giving rise to the claim, or $100, whichever is greater.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gary Austin and The Security Gator LLC from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to:
This EULA is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Before filing a legal claim, you agree to contact me at [email protected] and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, any court proceeding will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Kentucky, unless applicable law requires a different forum.
This EULA, together with my Terms of Use, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, product page, checkout terms, storefront terms, and any signed written agreement, forms the agreement governing your use of the Licensed Materials.
If there is a conflict between this EULA and a signed written MSA or custom license, the signed written agreement controls for that transaction.
Questions about this EULA or custom licensing may be sent to:
405 E Farren Ave.
[email protected] https://www.thesecuritygator.com/