Last updated: August 2026. This document outlines the terms and conditions governing the use of OpenGard. Please read it carefully before downloading, installing, or operating the software.
By downloading, installing, or using OpenGard, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the software. If you accept these terms on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization, and "customer" or "you" refers to that organization.
OpenGard is proprietary software. Upon purchasing a license, you receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the software for the duration and scope specified in your license.
License files are generated for a specific domain and are not transferable. Tampering with license files will render them invalid and may result in license revocation.
All right, title, and interest in and to the software, including all intellectual property rights, remain with its authors. Nothing in these terms transfers ownership of the software to you.
OpenGard may be used without a license for a period of up to 3 months from the date the audit database is first created. When no valid license is set, the audit database is limited to 10 MB. Continued use without a valid license is not authorized.
To continue unrestricted evaluation, request a free evaluation license.
You may not:
OpenGard is a monitoring and visibility product. It reads native database audit logs, evaluates them against the policies you configure, stores the results, and raises alerts and actions when a policy is violated.
OpenGard is not, and must not be relied upon as:
OpenGard is intended to be one component of a broader security and compliance program, alongside your own controls, processes, and independent verification.
OpenGard is designed to capture audit data as comprehensively as possible in accordance with the policies configured by the customer. The system strives to achieve complete coverage of all database activity that falls within the scope of active policies.
However, certain circumstances may result in partial, delayed, or permanently lost audit data, including but not limited to:
OpenGard will make reasonable efforts to detect and report such gaps where possible - for example through system health monitoring and system alarms - but does not guarantee 100% audit completeness, accuracy, or timeliness at all times. Audit records, reports, and alerts produced by OpenGard are provided for operational use and should not be treated as forensically complete or as conclusive evidence without independent verification. It is the customer's responsibility to monitor the health of collectors, review system alerts, and maintain proper infrastructure to support continuous audit operations.
OpenGard is an on-premises solution. All audit data, configuration, and credentials are stored locally on the customer's own infrastructure. OpenGard does not transmit, replicate, or expose data to any external service except where the customer has explicitly configured it to - for example by enabling the Query API, or by configuring webhook, syslog, or script actions that deliver violation data to a destination of the customer's choosing. The customer selects those destinations and is responsible for them.
As the sole custodian of the data, the customer is responsible for:
OpenGard and its authors shall not be held liable for data breaches, unauthorized access, or data loss resulting from inadequate security measures, credential leaks, misconfigured access controls, or any other factors within the customer's operational domain.
For more details on how OpenGard handles data internally, see the Privacy Policy.
OpenGard collectors interact with monitored databases by querying native audit logs at configurable intervals. While the system is designed to be lightweight, the actual resource impact depends on factors such as the volume of database activity, the number of active policies, and the configured polling frequency.
The customer acknowledges that enabling and operating database auditing - whether through OpenGard's configuration helpers or directly - is a change to the customer's own database systems. Such changes are made under the customer's authority and control, and may increase CPU, memory, disk, and I/O consumption, cause native audit logs to grow, or otherwise affect database behaviour. The same applies to network scans, sensitive data scans, and any custom scripts or actions the customer chooses to run.
To minimize any potential impact on production database performance and availability, it is strongly recommended that:
OpenGard shall not be held liable for any degradation in database or application performance, downtime, outage, resource exhaustion, or damage to or corruption of any monitored database or its data, whether resulting from resource contention, co-locating the software with production workloads, misconfigured collection intervals, enabling native auditing, customer-supplied scripts or actions, or any other configuration chosen by the customer.
No software is free of defects, and OpenGard is no exception. While the software is developed with care and security in mind, we do not warrant that it is or will remain free of bugs or security vulnerabilities.
We will make reasonable commercial efforts to address confirmed defects and security vulnerabilities in supported versions and to make corrected versions available to licensed customers. Providing such a correction, update, or workaround is your sole and exclusive remedy for any defect or vulnerability in the software.
The customer is responsible for keeping the software reasonably up to date, and acknowledges that running outdated versions may expose it to issues that have already been fixed. If you believe you have found a security vulnerability, please report it to hello@tryopengard.com privately rather than disclosing it publicly, so that it can be addressed responsibly.
OpenGard runs on, and interacts with, software it does not control - including operating systems, runtimes, database engines, database drivers, and open-source libraries. Third-party components are provided under their own license terms, and we make no warranty and accept no liability regarding them or their behaviour.
Likewise, where the customer configures OpenGard to deliver data to external destinations (webhooks, syslog targets, email, or scripts), those destinations and their behaviour are outside our control and are the customer's responsibility.
Licensed customers receive email support as specified in their license tier. Evaluation users may access community resources and documentation but are not entitled to direct support.
Unless separately agreed in writing, support is provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis. No specific response time, resolution time, uptime, or service level is guaranteed.
The software is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, or quiet enjoyment.
Without limiting the above, we do not warrant that the software will be error-free or uninterrupted, that it will detect every policy violation or capture every event, that it will meet the customer's requirements or any regulatory obligation, or that defects will be corrected.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from us, from this website, from the documentation, or from any other source, creates any warranty not expressly stated in these terms.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the authors, contributors, or suppliers of OpenGard be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, business, or data, arising out of or in connection with the software or these terms, regardless of the theory of liability and even if advised of the possibility of such damages. This includes, without limitation:
Aggregate cap. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the software or these terms shall not exceed the total amount actually paid by the customer for the license under which the claim arises. Where no amount has been paid - for example during unlicensed or evaluation use - our total aggregate liability shall not exceed one hundred US dollars (USD 100).
The customer acknowledges that the pricing of the software reflects this allocation of risk, that these limitations are an essential basis of the agreement between the parties, and that they apply even if a limited remedy is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by negligence.
The customer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the authors and contributors of OpenGard from and against any third-party claims, demands, proceedings, losses, damages, fines, and reasonable legal costs arising out of or relating to:
By deploying and using OpenGard, the customer acknowledges and agrees that:
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any claim arising out of or relating to the software or these terms must be brought within twelve (12) months after the event giving rise to the claim first occurred. Claims brought after that period are permanently barred.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict of law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
The competent courts of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to the software or these terms, and both parties consent to that jurisdiction and venue. Any dispute shall be resolved on an individual basis; class, collective, or representative proceedings are not permitted.
Before commencing formal proceedings, both parties agree to first raise the issue in good faith by email and allow thirty (30) days to resolve it informally. Most problems are configuration issues we can help with.
These terms may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the software, its capabilities, or applicable legal considerations. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. The terms in effect at the time of a purchase govern that purchase; continued use of the software after a change is published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
For questions regarding these terms of service or the legal notice, contact us at hello@tryopengard.com.