Terms.

Last updated 11 September 2026

Who you are dealing with

This site is operated by Obilant, a security and compliance practice run by Ashton McLaughlin. Contact: [email protected].

The site is not the service

Everything here describes what Obilant does. Reading it, sending an enquiry, or booking time does not create a client relationship and does not commit either of us to anything. That happens when a written engagement letter is signed by both sides.

Nothing on this site is legal advice, and nothing here is a guarantee that you will pass an audit, an assessment, or a customer's security review. Compliance outcomes depend on what your company actually does, which is the point of the honesty rule described on the About page.

Prices

Prices shown are current at the date above and are exclusive of any applicable tax. The price that applies to you is the one written in your engagement letter. Work described as quoted separately — audit support, assessment support, attendance on your customers' security calls — is priced before it starts and never begun without your written approval.

Billing, cancellation and refunds

Retainers are billed monthly in advance. There is no setup fee.

The initial term is ninety (90) days. After that, either side may cancel with thirty (30) days' written notice, and fees for the notice period are payable in full. If you cancel during the initial ninety days, the remaining months of that term become due and will be invoiced.

Fees already paid are not refunded, because the work is performed across the month rather than delivered at the end of it. If something has gone wrong, say so — a credit or an adjustment is a conversation, not a policy, and it is one I would rather have than keep money that was not earned.

Your engagement letter is the controlling document for all of this.

The client area

Where an account has been created for you, keep your password to yourself and tell me promptly if you think someone else has it. Accounts are for the people at your company who need them. Documents in your client area are yours to keep.

Acceptable use

Do not attempt to gain unauthorised access to this site, its client area, or any account that is not yours; do not scrape it at a volume that degrades it for other people; do not use it to break the law. If you find a security flaw, please email [email protected] rather than publishing it, and you will get a straight answer and credit if you want it.

Who owns what

The text, design, code and marks on this site belong to Obilant. Deliverables produced for a client — policies, questionnaire responses, gap lists — belong to that client as set out in their engagement letter. The underlying methods and templates remain Obilant's.

Availability and liability

The site is provided as it is. It may be unavailable, and information on it may be out of date between updates. To the fullest extent the law allows, Obilant is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this website. Liability for the services themselves is dealt with in the engagement letter, and nothing here limits liability for anything that cannot lawfully be limited.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [STATE — set this before publishing], United States.

Changes

These terms may change. The date at the top moves when they do, and material changes affecting an existing client are raised with that client directly rather than left to be discovered here.