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Gulf West Security Network, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 11/18/22, at 1:05pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1477932-22-8702   ·   File #:  0-55805

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11/18/22  Gulf West Security Network, Inc.  10-Q        9/30/22   47:2.8M                                   Discount Edgar/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    646K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     64K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     92K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     87K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Deficiency in  HTML     53K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     74K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Nature of the Business                              HTML     24K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
19: R9          Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     51K 
                Discontinued Operations                                          
20: R10         Prepaid Expenses                                    HTML     17K 
21: R11         Related Party Transactions and Balances             HTML     19K 
22: R12         Bridge Loan From Affiliates                         HTML     21K 
23: R13         Capital Stock                                       HTML     34K 
24: R14         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     20K 
25: R15         Westech Merger                                      HTML     19K 
26: R16         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     18K 
27: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
                (Policies)                                                       
28: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     32K 
                (Tables)                                                         
29: R19         Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     46K 
                Discontinued Operations (Tables)                                 
30: R20         Nature of the Business (Details Narrative)          HTML     24K 
31: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     21K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
34: R24         Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     41K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details)                                
35: R25         Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     29K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details 1)                              
36: R26         Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     27K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details 2)                              
37: R27         Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities of          HTML     72K 
                Discontinued Operations (Details Narrative)                      
38: R28         Prepaid Expenses (Details Narrative)                HTML     18K 
39: R29         Related Party Transactions and Balances (Details    HTML     20K 
                Narrative)                                                       
40: R30         Bridge Loan From Affiliates (Details Narrative)     HTML     17K 
41: R31         Capital Stock (Details Narrative)                   HTML     58K 
42: R32         Westech Merger (Details Narrative)                  HTML     30K 
45: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     78K 
43: XML         XBRL Instance -- gwsn_10q_htm                        XML    727K 
44: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     78K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gwsn-20220930_cal               XML     92K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gwsn-20220930_def                XML    259K 
 7: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gwsn-20220930_lab                     XML    469K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gwsn-20220930_pre              XML    384K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gwsn-20220930                         XSD     91K 
46: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              197±   278K 
47: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001477932-22-008702-xbrl      Zip    119K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — gwsn-20220930_pre

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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