Data security courses can help you learn encryption techniques, risk assessment strategies, incident response planning, and compliance regulations. You can build skills in vulnerability management, threat detection, and secure coding practices. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and data loss prevention software, demonstrating how these skills are applied to protect sensitive information and maintain system integrity.

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Jupyter, Microservices, AWS SageMaker, Cloud Engineering, Command-Line Interface, Data Pipelines, CI/CD, Package and Software Management, Containerization, Applied Machine Learning, Python Programming, Test Automation, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, Network Security, OSI Models, Network Monitoring, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, TCP/IP, General Networking, Local Area Networks, Network Analysis, Network Protocols, Network Infrastructure, Software-Defined Networking, Network Administration, Networking Hardware, Network Switches
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Generative AI, Data Lakes, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Data Management, SQL, Applied Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Glasgow
Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Leadership, Leadership Studies, Organizational Leadership, Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Structure, Leadership and Management, Leadership Development, Agile Product Development, Social Sciences, Ancient History
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Azure Synapse Analytics, Performance Tuning, Microsoft Azure, System Monitoring, Data Engineering, Transact-SQL, Star Schema, Power BI, PySpark, Data Cleansing, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Analytics, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, SQL, Azure Active Directory, Advanced Analytics, Microsoft Copilot
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Java, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Java Programming, Statistics
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Order Fulfillment, Customer Analysis, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence Software, Google Cloud Platform, Dashboard, Business Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Sales Management, Sales, Product Knowledge, Enterprise Resource Planning
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Copenhagen
Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, digital literacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Journalism, Data Sharing, Big Data, Information Privacy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Security, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Data Collection, Algorithms
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Data Preprocessing, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Feature Engineering, Data Pipelines, Data Transformation, Data Science, Python Programming, Regression Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Dashboard, Data Analysis, Data Storytelling, Google Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Metrics, Data Integration, Google Ads
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Presentation, Statistical Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, R (Software), Data Storytelling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Model Evaluation, Statistical Visualization, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Data Preprocessing, Web Scraping, Statistical Modeling, Linear Algebra, Python Programming
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Processing, File I/O, Data Transformation, Jupyter, Google Cloud Platform, SQL, Analytics
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months