ReWork EKY Partners with University of the Cumberlands to Offer Free Online Cybersecurity Courses to Eastern Kentuckians

Many of the hundreds of Eastern Kentuckians, and their spouses, who lost their jobs due to the current COVID-19 pandemic will have the opportunity to apply for free online cybersecurity courses thanks to ReWork EKY.

EKCEP is partnering, through ReWork, with the University of the Cumberlands to offer two 8-week Cybersecurity courses for the Spring I and II terms for the 2021 school year. ReWork will cover program costs for students eligible to participate, including tuition, books, and vouchers for all certification exams. 

ReWork EKY is a new EKCEP (Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program) Inc. program that aims to find new employment or retrain Eastern Kentuckians for a new career, with an emphasis on remote work, training, and work-from-home careers, after being laid off due to COVID-19.

These fast-track, eight-week courses include:

·       ITSC 230 – Information Security and Assurance (apply by December 18, 2020)

·       ITSI 331 – Networking (apply by February 12, 2021)

Upon completion of these classes, students will be prepared to sit for industry-recognized CompTIA certification exams in order to gain entry-level work in cybersecurity.

Deadline to apply is Friday, December 18, 2020. Call 606-436-5753 or email reworkeky@ekcep.org to learn more.

Additional information concerning admission into Cumberlands programs is available at ucumberlands.edu/admissions/undergraduate.

Funding for EKCEP to cover program costs for students is provided through EKCEP’s ReWork EKY initiative.

For more information on ReWork EKY, go to www.ekcep.org EKCEP, a nonprofit workforce development agency headquartered in Hazard, Ky., serves the citizens of 23 Appalachian coalfield counties. The agency provides an array of workforce development services, administers the Hiring Our Miners Everyday (H.O.M.E.) program for dislocated coal miners and their spouses, and is the White House-designated lead organization for the federal TechHire designation for Eastern Kentucky. Learn more about us at http://www.ekcep.org, http://www.jobsight.org and http://www.facebook.com/ekcep.