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Most SOC training begins with canned data and a prewritten answer. That is not what the job feels like.
In this live session, we will investigate real attack traffic in a Splunk environment connected to a honeypot. You will see how an alert becomes an analyst decision, what evidence matters, and how to explain your conclusion.
🎯 What we'll cover
• What a SOC analyst does with an alert queue and where the role fits on a security team
• How to read an alert, separate signal from noise, and write a clear disposition note
• A practical look at the SPL queries and investigative habits that support the work
• How traffic reaches a honeypot and surfaces in the SIEM
Bring your questions. A student handout will be shared during the session and refined after the replay transcript is available.
After the session
Continue with Cover6: First Watch, the free practical primer for SOC Analyst Prep:
https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/cover6-first-watch-free-access/
Keep practicing with Cover6 Community and the monthly CTF:
https://play.cover6solutions.com/

Most pentest training stops at the scan. You end up with a wall of open ports, a vulnerability count, and no idea which one actually matters. The job starts after that.

Tonight we take one target from cold start to shell in 90 minutes. Recon, enumeration, the decision about what to attack, and the exploit that lands, using Kali and Metasploit the way you would use them on a real engagement. It's a lab target we own, and nothing is pre-baked. Open Kali and follow along, or watch and take notes.

This one is network-wide. HQ in the DMV, Atlanta, and South Florida on the same call.

🎯 What We'll Cover
- What a pentester actually does — the phases of an engagement, and the scope and rules of engagement that come before any scan
- Recon and enumeration live — running nmap against the target and reading the output like an operator instead of a scanner
- From finding to foothold — picking the one service worth attacking and landing a shell with Metasploit
- The note you write afterward — because the report is what the client pays for

Hosted by Tyrone E. Wilson, founder of Cover6 Solutions, 30 years in IT and cybersecurity.

Scheduling note: we're on Tuesday this week because Wednesday belongs to the in-person Meet & Greet in the DMV.

🔗 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/demo: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community

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Grab a Cover6 Shield tee and show up repping the community that helped get you here.

🤝 Hiring entry-level security talent, or want your brand in front of people building into this field? Sponsorship and hiring conversations start at info@cover6solutions.com

No agenda. No slides. No pitch. Three hours of the DMV security community in one room.

Note the day — this one's a Wednesday, not our usual Friday.

Come as you are: twenty-year practitioners, first-cert students, career changers, hiring managers. The conversations that actually move careers don't happen in a lecture — they happen standing around with a drink in your hand, talking to someone who's two years ahead of you.

🎯 What to Expect
- Pure open networking — no presentations, no agenda
- Practitioners, newcomers, students, and hiring managers from across the DMV
- Good energy, familiar faces, and plenty of new ones
- Drinks right there if you want one

🅿️ Parking: in the hotel garage
🚇 Metro accessible — Blue/Yellow Line, Crystal City Station

🔗 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/demo: https://www.papercall.io/cover6community

🤝 Want your brand in front of 9,900+ cybersecurity professionals? Sponsorship packages are available — info@cover6solutions.com

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.