We’ve Got Your 6.
Cybersecurity support for the work in front of you. A clearer way into the career you want.
Whether you are protecting an organization or building a future in cybersecurity, start with the path that fits.
Built by a veteran. Driven by community.
Founded by Army cyber veteran Tyrone E. Wilson, Cover6 brings practical security work, useful learning, and an open community together in one place.
Tyrone has spent more than 30 years in information security, holds an active Top Secret clearance, and has personally run more than 100 penetration tests. He started the community in 2012 and founded Cover6 Solutions in 2013 to help organizations protect what matters and help people build the skills to join the field.
“Tyrone guides you every step of the way and puts you into the shoes of Blue and Red Teamers — network monitoring, incident tracking and response, expert-level training with tools like Security Onion, Wireshark and Splunk.”
Protect the mission. Open the door.
From a single scoped test to running your entire security program.
Vulnerability Assessment
Find the gaps before someone else does. Authenticated and unauthenticated scanning across your environment, with retesting to prove the fix actually landed.
Network Penetration Testing
External and internal testing run the way an attacker would run it — not a scan with a report stapled to the front.
Web App Penetration Testing
OWASP-aligned testing of the applications your business actually runs on. Business logic, authentication, and injection flaws that basic scans may miss.
Cybersecurity Training
Live and self-paced training that builds job-ready skill — for teams standing up capability and individuals breaking in.
Tabletop Exercises
Run the incident before the incident runs you. Facilitated scenarios with a written after-action report for your records.
OSINT & Reputation Intelligence
See what the internet already knows about your people, your infrastructure, and your brand — before an adversary uses it.
CMMC Consulting
Level 2 readiness, NIST 800-171 alignment, SSP and POA&M development, and evidence packaging that survives an assessor.
AI Security & Governance
Policy, risk assessment, and controls for the AI your organization is already using — whether or not anyone approved it.
Virtual CISO
Executive security leadership on demand. Program development, risk management, and board-level reporting without a full-time hire.
Built to carry a federal contract.
SDVOSB-certified, SAM.gov registered, operator-led. The credentials a contracting officer looks for, in one place.
Cover6 Solutions delivers senior-level cybersecurity program leadership — RMF oversight, risk governance, and executive advisory — built for the way federal civilian and defense missions actually operate.
Work built around the mission.
Across hospitality, legal nonprofits, IoT and hardware manufacturing, enterprise OEMs, higher education, and defense contractors preparing for CMMC Level 2 — we’ve stood up security programs, sat in the Acting CISO seat, tested web applications against OWASP, and run multi-device assessments with full retest. Commercial work, delivered founder-led, with the same rigor a federal mission demands.
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“Still new to the community but already loving it. … Tyrone is genuinely interested in helping you build experience. All you need to do is put in the work.”
“The programs go straight to the point, focusing on actual scenarios that genuinely prepare you for a role in a SOC.”
Build the proof behind your next move.
Chrysalus is the long-term connection between what you learn, what you practice, and how you show up in the cybersecurity community.
Start with a direction, add your certifications and project work as you earn them, and keep one verified profile that grows with you. Free for every candidate.
Six pathways. Every one starts free.
Pick the work you want to do. Each pathway opens with a free entry course, and most of our courses are hands-on: labs, simulations, and real deliverables.
Not sure which one fits? Take the free Find Your Path quiz →
Breaking Into Cyber
Coming from outside the industry? Learn what to study, in what order, and how to build toward your first role.
Free entry course: Breaking Into Cyber
SOC Analyst
The defender track. Work a guided ransomware investigation in Splunk, from the first alert to the write-up.
Free entry course: Cover6: First Watch
Penetration Tester
The offensive track. Go from recon to first access on a live target, then write the report that gets it fixed.
Free entry course: Cover6: First Shell
Cloud Security
Secure the platforms most organizations now run on, starting with identity.
Free entry course: Cloud Foundations
GRC Analyst
Turn frameworks and controls into evidence an auditor will accept.
Free entry course: GRC Analyst Prep
Security Leadership
Lead the program: risk, strategy, and reporting to leadership.
Free entry course: Security Manager Prep
Intro to Cyber and Home Lab Setup are free too. Intro to Cyber → Home Lab Setup →
Free labs on live infrastructure.
Not walkthroughs. Real tooling, a real incident, and a window to work it — then the extended labs pick up where that window closes.
Cover6: First Watch
A guided ransomware investigation, worked in Splunk. Start with the free primer; SOC Analyst Prep Labs is the longer practice path.
Cover6: First Shell
Recon to first access on a live target. Start with the free primer when you are ready; Pentester Prep Labs is where the volume lives.
Test like it’s exam day.
Practice exams, study guides, and clear preparation resources for the certifications you’re pursuing.
It started with a room full of people who wanted in.
Since 2012 we’ve run free meetups, hands-on workshops, and study sessions for anyone trying to break into cybersecurity or level up in it. No gatekeeping, no cover charge.
Free meetups and hands-on sessions
Hands-on sessions on tooling, certifications, career moves, and whatever the room needs. Free to attend in person or online when sessions are announced.
A community built for progress
Analysts, students, career changers, and veterans — from first-timers to people running security programs.
A growing alumni network
The people who invested early and came up through the workshops. People carry the work forward in their own careers and communities.
Whatever side you’re on — we’ve got your 6.
Job openings, new courses, free workshops, and what’s working in cyber careers right now — straight to your inbox.
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