A group of Southwestern Illinois College Cybersecurity and Networking students attended the fifth annual STLCyberCon held recently at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. From left, front row, students included Michael Agne of Belleville, Alan Winters of Granite City, and Marc Ellington of O’Fallon; back row, Roy Frazier of Belleville, Jason Gnann of Maryville, Jacob Cook of O’Fallon, Parker Wrobbel of Highland, Terrence Barrett II of Edwardsville, Shane Banks of Scott Air Force Base, Kristin Puls of Belleville, and Program Coordinator Matt Swinford of Collinsville.

The conference provided a forum for cybersecurity practitioners, academics, researchers and students to interact. Visitors also had the chance to listen to presentations from some of the leading voices in cybersecurity. In addition, the conference included a Career Expo with major employers seeking to fill cybersecurity and information technology positions. SWIC offers a Cybersecurity Specialist certificate and a Cybersecurity and Networking degree.

For details, visit: swic.edu/cybersecurity.