Shykil Chandler –
Cybersecurity Engineer

Shykil Chandler is a Cybersecurity Engineer at ANC Group in Greenville, South Carolina, helping organizations strengthen their cybersecurity posture, identify potential threats, and protect the technology their teams depend on every day.

With experience spanning cybersecurity operations, network security, IT support, threat detection, incident response, and penetration testing, Shykil brings a practical and investigative approach to protecting modern IT environments.

Before beginning his career in technology and cybersecurity, Shykil served as a police officer. That background in law enforcement gives him a unique perspective on cybersecurity: observe the evidence, understand what happened, identify potential threats, and respond decisively.

Today, he applies that investigative mindset to the digital world, helping ANC Group protect businesses and organizations throughout Greenville, Upstate South Carolina, and beyond.

From Law Enforcement to Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and law enforcement may appear to be very different professions, but they share many of the same fundamental principles.

Both require attention to detail, critical thinking, situational awareness, investigation, and the ability to make informed decisions when something doesn’t look right.

Shykil’s experience as a former police officer helped develop an investigative mindset that translates naturally into cybersecurity. Rather than simply reacting to an alert, effective cybersecurity requires understanding what caused it, determining whether it represents a genuine threat, evaluating the potential impact, and identifying the appropriate response.

That approach now plays an important role in Shykil’s work as a Cybersecurity Engineer at ANC Group.

Cybersecurity Experience and Expertise

Shykil’s technical background includes experience across security operations, blue-team cybersecurity, network security, threat detection, incident response, penetration testing, and IT support.

His professional development and cybersecurity certifications include CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA PenTest+, TCM Security’s Practical Junior Penetration Tester (PJPT), and Aruba Certified Campus Access credentials.

Shykil also maintains a strong interest in hands-on cybersecurity training and blue-team security exercises. This continued focus on real-world security scenarios helps strengthen the investigative and technical skills required to identify suspicious activity and understand how attackers operate.

By combining defensive security knowledge with an understanding of offensive cybersecurity techniques, Shykil is able to approach security from both perspectives: understanding how threats occur and how organizations can better defend against them.

Protecting Greenville and South Carolina Businesses

As part of ANC Group’s cybersecurity team, Shykil helps support the security of businesses and organizations that increasingly depend on technology for virtually every aspect of their operations.

Modern cybersecurity isn’t simply about installing security software. Organizations need multiple layers of protection, effective monitoring, secure networks, knowledgeable users, and experienced cybersecurity professionals who can investigate suspicious activity when it occurs.

Working from ANC Group’s Greenville, South Carolina operations, Shykil contributes to a team focused on helping organizations reduce cyber risk and build more secure, resilient IT environments.

His combination of cybersecurity expertise and previous public-service experience reflects an approach centered around one fundamental objective: protecting people, organizations, and the systems they depend on.

Why Organizations Trust Shykil

Trust is fundamental to both law enforcement and cybersecurity.

Shykil brings the discipline, accountability, attention to detail, and investigative thinking developed during his career in law enforcement into his work as a Cybersecurity Engineer.

For ANC Group customers, that means having a cybersecurity professional who understands that protecting an organization isn’t simply a technical exercise. Behind every network, device, account, and security alert are real people and real businesses that depend on those systems being available and secure.

Shykil approaches cybersecurity with a defender’s mindset: remain vigilant, investigate the evidence, understand the threat, and take action to help protect what matters.

Areas of Expertise

Cybersecurity Engineering • Security Operations • Threat Detection • Incident Response • Blue Team Security • Network Security • Penetration Testing • Vulnerability Assessment • Cyber Threat Investigation • IT Security • Cybersecurity Monitoring • Security Analysis