About us
Cover6 Community is one of the largest cybersecurity communities in the country. Founded in 2012 and nearly 10,000 members strong, we bring together career changers, students, SOC analysts, pentesters, and CISOs — all under one roof.
We run free virtual meetups covering offensive and defensive security, career development, certification strategy, and hands-on tool demos — all at the unclassified level. Whether you're building your first home lab or leading a security program, there's a seat at the table.
Our community is powered by Cover6 Solutions, a veteran-owned cybersecurity and vCISO firm. Through Cover6 Academy, we also offer affordable certification practice exams (CompTIA Security+, Network+, and more) built by practitioners who've been in the field.
No gatekeeping. No fluff. Just real people helping each other level up.
Stay in the loop — subscribe to The 6, our community newsletter, for meetup recaps, career tips, and cybersecurity news.
Meet Your Organizer Tyrone E. Wilson is the Founder and CEO of Cover6 Solutions, a cybersecurity and vCISO firm, and has led Cover6 Community since 2012. With 25+ years in IT and cybersecurity, he brings hands-on expertise in network defense, penetration testing, threat analysis, and incident response.
Tyrone serves on the Review Boards of BSides NoVA and Howard University, and speaks regularly at major InfoSec events. Through Cover6 Academy, he's building accessible training and certification prep to help the next generation break into and advance in cybersecurity.
Stay Connected
• Cover6 Solutions: https://www.cover6solutions.com • YouTube (live streams + replays): https://www.youtube.com/@Cover6Solutions
• Courses and certification prep: https://www.cover6solutions.com/courses/
• Submit a talk/demo: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community
Your success is our reward. — The Cover6 Solutions Team
Upcoming events
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SIEM & Log Analysis
·OnlineOnlineSplunk is the language of the SOC, and Security Onion offers a taste of useful dashboards. Tonight, we run live queries against real attack traffic from Cover6 infrastructure.
🎯 What We'll Cover
- SPL (Search Processing Language) fundamentals — the queries you actually need
- Building correlation searches
- Dashboards for SOC analysts — what to monitor at a glance
- Triage workflow — from alert to investigation to escalation🔗 Stay connected:
- Cover6 Solutions: [https://www.cover6solutions.com ](https://www.cover6solutions.com )
- YouTube (live streams + replays): https://www.youtube.com/@Cover6Solutions
- Courses and certification prep: https://cover6solutions.com/courses/🎤 Submit a talk/demo: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community
Rep the community → https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/cover6-shield-unisex-t-shirt/ Grab a Cover6 Shield tee and show up repping the community that helped get you here.
43 attendees
Incident Handling and Response
·OnlineOnlineDetection without response is just watching things burn. This is about what happens after the alert fires — the IR workflow, containment decisions, and the communication chain that separates a good incident response from a career-ending one.
🎯 What We'll Cover
- NIST IR lifecycle — Preparation → Detection → Containment → Eradication → Recovery → Lessons Learned
- Containment decisions — isolate the host vs. preserve the evidence
- Timeline reconstruction — building the attack story from logs
- Incident communication — what to tell leadership and when
- Lessons learned and post-incident report structure🔗 Stay connected:
- Cover6 Solutions: [https://www.cover6solutions.com ](https://www.cover6solutions.com )
- YouTube (live streams + replays): https://www.youtube.com/@Cover6Solutions
- Courses and certification prep: https://cover6solutions.com/courses/🎤 Submit a talk/demo: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community
Rep the community → https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/cover6-shield-unisex-t-shirt/ Grab a Cover6 Shield tee and show up repping the community that helped get you here.
31 attendees
First Watch Live — July 25, 2026
·OnlineOnline🚨 This is a PAID event. 20 seats. No exceptions.
Cover6: First Watch is our free, self-paced SOC simulation — always free. First Watch Live is our monthly cohort series — a new scenario every month, with Tyrone E. Wilson walking you through every analyst decision in real time.
July 25 scenario: Announced July 2026 (Splunk + Security Onion).
What's included:
- Live instructor-led walkthrough with Tyrone E. Wilson
- Isolated Splunk + Security Onion lab environment
- Direct Q&A throughout the session
- 20 seats only — no exceptionsGoogle Meet credentials + lab access sent the night before (July 24).
🎟️ Purchase your seat:
https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/first-watch-live-july-25-2026/Meetup RSVPs without a purchase will not be admitted.
🗓️ Coming up: August 22 · September — new scenario each month.
13 attendees
The Cover6 Community Meet & Greet
The National Landing Hotel, 1999 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA, USCover6 Community — June Meet & Greet
Join us for our July Meet & Greet before the community heads into DEF CON.
🎯 What to Expect
- Network with Cover6 Community members
- Preview of the July sessions
- CyberjutsuCon preview — Tyrone will be training there; get the inside track
- Open Q&A — bring your lab questions, your career questions, your cert questionsNo slides. No lecture. Just the community getting together.
🔗 Stay connected:
- Cover6 Solutions: https://www.cover6solutions.com
- YouTube (live streams + replays): https://www.youtube.com/@Cover6Solutions
- Courses and certification prep: https://cover6solutions.com/courses/✏️ Submit a talk, workshop, or lightning talk idea: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community
Rep the community → https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/cover6-shield-unisex-t-shirt/ Grab a Cover6 Shield tee and show up repping the community that helped get you here.
Help cover the tab → Help keep Cover6 Community events free. Every dollar helps cover the tab, so more people can show up.
16 attendees
Past events
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