Do you want to learn cybersecurity and IT skills or how to code? There are numerous free and low-cost resources online to explore. Make sure you’ve chosen the right field before spending an arm and a leg or pursuing a formal degree.

CODING

If you’d like to do web or software development there are many online coding programs and boot camps. First check out SC Codes — https://www.sccodes.org/ — a free online learning platform for South Carolina residents. Learn about Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, Front-end development, Java, and JavaScript programming for free.

CYBERSECURITY AND IT

If you’d like to learn about IT topics including Cybersecurity, check out CyberAces. Visit https://www. cyberaces.org/ to take the free course by SANS. SANS is a world-renowned name in Information Security training of various types. The CyberAces course offers exposure to a few relevant topics and has some hands-on training, too.

Tried these resources and want more? Sites to visit for more free or low-cost training are:

• https://www.coursera.org/

• https://www.udemy.com/

• https://www.futurelearn.com/

• https://opensecuritytraining.info/Training.html

• https://cybersecuritycourse.co/

• https://www.cybrary.it/

For Cybersecurity training visit the National Institute of Standards & Technology list of additional free/low-cost training: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources/online-learning-content .