About Cover6 Solutions
A cybersecurity firm that started as a community — and still runs like one.
The Community Came First
In 2012, Tyrone E. Wilson started a Meetup group in the DC area. He was a service-disabled Army veteran coming out of military cyber operations, with the skills but no network, and nobody at the table who looked like him. So he built one.
That Meetup for people trying to break into InfoSec grew into a community of 10,000+ members, with 133+ events and 800+ alumni who went on to build careers in cybersecurity.
Cover6 Solutions came out of that community in 2013, not the other way around. The name comes from the military expression “I’ve got your six.” I’ve got your back. That’s still the whole job: protect the mission, serve the people, leave nobody behind.
Today, Cover6 Solutions is founder-led. Tyrone delivers vCISO services, CMMC readiness, penetration testing, and workforce training to defense contractors and mid-market organizations, and brings in vetted specialists when an engagement calls for them.
Certified by SBA VetCert
Active clearance held by the founder
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ISO and cybersecurity certification training
What We Build
Four pillars. Each one feeds the others.
Cybersecurity Consulting
vCISO services, CMMC readiness, penetration testing, and security assessments for organizations that need real protection.
Cover6 Academy
Six career paths, each starting with a free course, plus practice exams for Security+, CySA+, CISSP, and more. Built by practitioners, not publishers.
Cover6 Community
10,000+ cybersecurity professionals connected through meetups, mentorship, and a shared mission to open the door wider.
Chrysalus
Cover6’s free career-profile platform. Candidates choose a path, record their work, and build a verified Core Score from the courses they finish, the final quizzes they pass, and the certifications we verify.
Tyrone E. Wilson
Tyrone has spent more than 30 years in information security. In the Army he served as a Training NCOIC and Cyber Operations Trainer at the 1st Information Operations Command at Fort Meade.
His cyber career spans USCYBERCOM, JTF-GNO, the Department of Energy, and RCERT-SWA in Iraq. He holds an active Top Secret clearance.
He has personally run more than 100 penetration tests and holds the Carnegie Mellon University Executive CISO designation.
He sits on the BSides DC Review Board, where he helps decide which talks make the stage, and on the advisory boards of BSides NoVA and Howard University’s Cybersecurity Analytic Center. He speaks at BSides events and cybersecurity conferences.
“Three decades in this field. Since 2012, building a community in it. We don’t just protect organizations — we develop the people who protect them.”
Tyrone E. Wilson · Founder & CEO
By the Numbers
Why Cover6?
Founder-Led
The person who scopes your engagement leads it. No hand-off to a junior team after the contract is signed.
Both Sides of the Table
We’ve trained people to get hired and helped companies hire better. Both perspectives live in every engagement.
From the Field to the Classroom
Our training is built from active engagements. What we find on assessments becomes curriculum. Real threats, real defenses.
Ready When You Are.
Whether you need a security assessment, professional training, or a cybersecurity partner who answers the phone — Cover6 Solutions is ready to have your back.