Cybersecurity
Whether you’re looking to protect your personal information online or explore a career in one of the fastest-growing fields, Western Piedmont Community College offers free, beginner-friendly cybersecurity courses to get you started. Cybersecurity Basics: Staying Safe Online teaches essential skills to safeguard your devices, passwords, and digital identity, while Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the Workplace builds on those skills to prepare you for entry-level cybersecurity roles and professional certification. Both courses are delivered online, tuition-free, and made possible with support from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
Cybersecurity Basics — Staying Safe Online
Protect Your Digital World — For Free!
Your personal information is valuable. Learn how to keep it safe in Cybersecurity Basics: Staying Safe Online, a free course from Western Piedmont Community College. Classes start March 10, 2026.
You’ll learn how to:
You’ll learn how to:
- Recognize and avoid scams and phishing emails.
- Protect your devices, passwords, and online identity.
- Understand everyday cybersecurity risks — and how to beat them.
No tech background? No problem. This course is for anyone who uses a computer, smartphone, or the internet.
Tuition: Free, Limit 25 students
Delivery: Online
Section: 75011
Start your cybersecurity journey today!
Delivery: Online
Section: 75011
Start your cybersecurity journey today!
The Cybersecurity Basics: Staying Safe Online course is made possible with funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the Workplace
Step Into the Cybersecurity Profession — For Free!
Take your next step toward a career in one of the fastest-growing fields in the country.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the Workplace builds on your basic skills to help you understand how cybersecurity really works in business and IT. Classes begin March 10, 2026.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the Workplace builds on your basic skills to help you understand how cybersecurity really works in business and IT. Classes begin March 10, 2026.
You’ll learn how to:
- Complete the first course in the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate — FREE.
- Learn how companies monitor, defend, and respond to cyber threats.
- Prepare for entry-level cybersecurity roles or continue your training with WPCC’s SEC 110: Security Concepts, where you can finish the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate.
Tuition: Free, Limit 25 students
Delivery: Online
Section: 75010
Delivery: Online
Section: 75010
Next Steps: Continue with SEC 110 to earn your Google Cybersecurity Certificate, and explore WPCC’s Networking & Security Certificate or A.A.S. in Information Technology.
This program is made possible with funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
Want to Know More?
Do you have questions? Email Robert Vasile at rvasile@wpcc.edu.
Phone
828.448.6067