{"id":221383,"date":"2026-03-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training-latest-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:55:11","slug":"wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wor-Wic community college to offer free, online cybersecurity certificate training | Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboc.com\/news\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training\/article_b8ea11f1-3d74-461c-bb51-807dfaed62ec.html\">Wor-Wic community college to offer free, online cybersecurity certificate training | Latest News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboc.com\/news\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training\/article_b8ea11f1-3d74-461c-bb51-807dfaed62ec.html\">https:\/\/www.wboc.com\/news\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training\/article_b8ea11f1-3d74-461c-bb51-807dfaed62ec.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-08 17:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wboc.com\">www.wboc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WICOMICO CO. &#8211; Wor-Wic Community College announced they are offering free online training for Maryland residents working towards employment in the IT\/cybersecurity field, through a partnership with the Cyber Workforce Accelerator (CWA) program.<\/p>\n<p>The course is 40 hours of online coursework, then eight hours of real-life simulations, working with an instructor on the BCR Cyber Series 3000 Cyber Range, which is a practice area where participants find, fix, and stop fake computer attacks. After finishing the course and passing an exam, students will earn the SOC Operations Analyst I certification, which is recognized by the state of Maryland, and can help secure an entry-level cybersecurity job.<\/p>\n<p>Within the course, students will learn how to understand computer threats, how computer networks function, how to use Linux computer commands, how computer attackers typically behave, and more.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for the program, prospective students must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a Maryland resident and a U.S. citizen<\/li>\n<li>Be 18 years or older<\/li>\n<li>Have no criminal convictions<\/li>\n<li>Have or be working toward an associate degree in IT or cybersecurity, or have two of these certifications already:\u00a0CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ and\/or CompTIA Security+<\/li>\n<li>Be actively seeking employment in IT\/cybersecurity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wor-Wic says for those interested but do not meet the above requirements, CompTIA training is also available at the college, and financial assistance may be available to those who qualify.<\/p>\n<p>The CWA program looks to expand Maryland&#8217;s cybersecurity professionals by partnering with the state&#8217;s community colleges and providing job-seekers with hands-on training, according to Wor-Wic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboc.com\/news\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training\/article_b8ea11f1-3d74-461c-bb51-807dfaed62ec.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wor-Wic community college to offer free, online cybersecurity certificate training | Latest News https:\/\/www.wboc.com\/news\/wor-wic-community-college-to-offer-free-online-cybersecurity-certificate-training\/article_b8ea11f1-3d74-461c-bb51-807dfaed62ec.html Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/wboc.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/c\/d4\/cd490c75-9d84-4ede-a1fc-87f8fa6d2cba\/69ade734423f4.image.jpg?crop=1280%2C672%2C0%2C23&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-221383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221385,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221383\/revisions\/221385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}