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 Management Plane Kit
The 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.
Get the kit ↗GATORBYTE #008 · FREEThe Restore-Proof Kit
Prove 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.
Get the kit ↗GATORBYTE #007 · FREEThe IR Tabletop-in-a-Box
A 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.
Get the kit ↗GATORBYTE #006 · FREEThe Vendor-Risk 3-Question Tracker
One row per vendor and three questions that surface real third-party risk, plus a contract-clause checklist and a tabletop breach drill.
Get the tracker ↗GATORBYTE #005 · FREEThe CaaS Pricing & Scoping Worksheet
Scope 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.
Get the worksheet ↗GATORBYTE #004 · FREEThe Shadow AI Starter Kit
Find 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.
Get the kit ↗GATORBYTE #003 · FREEThe Evidence Register
Stop 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.
Get the register ↗GATORBYTE #002 · FREEThe Govern Tracker
Why 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.
Get the tracker ↗GATORBYTE #001 · FREEThe ten NIST CSF 2.0 controls teams miss most
The 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.
