AI-forward cyber defense

Autonomous defense.
Human command.

Dark30 is an AI-forward cybersecurity firm built for the mission. Autonomous detection and threat hunting around the clock, backed by cleared operators who've actually stood the post.

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capabilities

What we run for you

A full defensive stack, with AI doing the tireless work and humans owning the calls that matter.

svc.mdr

24/7 Managed Detection & Response

AI watches every sensor around the clock, triages the noise, and escalates real threats to cleared analysts in minutes — not the next business day.

svc.hunt

Autonomous Threat Hunting

Models proactively hunt for the quiet attacker already inside — lateral movement, living-off-the-land, the 3am activity a tired human misses.

svc.ir

Incident Response

When something gets through: contain, eradicate, recover, and document. A clear line from first alert to after-action report.

svc.cmmc

CMMC & Compliance Readiness

Get your shop — or your subcontractors — audit-ready for DoD work. Gap assessment, remediation, and the evidence trail primes demand.

svc.redteam

Red Team & Penetration Testing

Authorized offensive testing that finds the way in before an adversary does. Scoped, rules-of-engagement first, findings you can act on.

svc.advisory

Cleared Advisory

Security strategy from operators who've held the clearance and the responsibility. Architecture, risk, and roadmap for the mission.

why ai-forward

An adversary only needs one opening, and they'll probe for it relentlessly. So does our AI — tireless, consistent, and never looking away.

Autonomous detection and hunting work the volume no human team can: every alert triaged, every anomaly chased, every host watched at once. People make the calls that take judgment. The machine handles the grind.

DETECT credential spray, blocked & isolated
HUNT beacon to known-bad C2, contained
CONTAIN lateral movement, host quarantined
REPORT findings delivered — nothing reached you
— the defensive loop, run continuously.

why dark30

Built different, on purpose

Veteran-led, mission-first

Majority-owned and led by a woman veteran who's worked cyber in uniform. We bring the discipline of the mission, not just the tooling.

AI-forward by design

We're built around autonomous detection and hunting from day one — not a legacy SOC with AI bolted on. The machines do the tireless work.

On the mission's doorstep

Headquartered in Maryland, minutes from Fort Meade and Aberdeen. We're where the work is, cleared and local to the agencies and primes.

Your data never leaves the box

Our AI can run air-gapped on your hardware for sensitive engagements. Client and scope data stays yours — a requirement, not a feature.

leadership

Who's behind Dark30

A veteran operator and a career engineer — the two seats that matter most in a firm like this.

Founder & CEO

Marisol Vega

A U.S. military veteran with 15+ years in cybersecurity, Marisol has led security operations and threat response inside the mission and out. She founded Dark30 to bring that discipline — and modern AI — to the organizations defending critical networks. As majority owner and CEO, she sets the mission and owns the outcome.

U.S. veteran15+ yrs cyber

Co-Founder & CTO

Daniel Pierce

Daniel brings 20+ years across cybersecurity and enterprise IT, building and securing systems at scale for organizations that can't afford downtime. He leads Dark30's engineering and AI-driven detection — turning autonomous tooling into defense that holds up under real pressure, and keeps the team on the threats that matter.

20+ yrs cyber & ITEngineering lead

credentials & set-asides

Certified to work where it counts

Dark30 is structured to qualify for the federal and Maryland programs that open doors for small, veteran, and minority-owned firms.

SDVOSB / VOSB SBA 8(a) MDOT MBE Maryland VSBE Maryland SBR CMMC-aligned Qualified MD Cyber Seller SAM.gov registered

active in progress — targeted at launch

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Let's talk about your perimeter

Tell us what you're protecting. We'll come back with a straight read on where you stand and how we'd cover the watch.

Request ready. Your briefing request is drafted below — send it to ops@dark30.ai and we'll be in touch within one business day.

Emailops@dark30.ai

LocationMaryland, USA · near Fort Meade

Hours24 / 7 / 365

UEI / CAGEon request

Clearancecleared personnel available

Autonomous defense.Human command.