Securious team member Connor secures 3rd place in the World Skills UK National Final for Cyber Security

Connor Pester, who is undertaking his industry placement with us here at Securious, recently made his way to the WorldSkills National Finals in Manchester with his teammate to compete against thousands of young individuals and teams in the ultimate test of their ability.  

WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment and benchmarking, with members’ national teams competing to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills olympics’. 

Connor is studying the T Level in Digital Support Services and will be one of the first in his cohort to complete the required hours for the T Level. 

He came away from the competition with a bronze medal after competing against some of the leading bright talent in their field. The skills that they have developed on the T Level have helped prepare them for this competition, with the IT faculty providing mentoring and technical input at each stage of their journey. 

At the competition they were tested on subjects relating to Cyber Security (ranging from Security Operations Center – or SOC – knowledge to Cisco Packet Tracer experience) and had to undertake both offensive and defensive cyber tasks that mirror real world experience.   

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