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Information Security Courses

Information security courses can help you learn risk assessment, network security protocols, encryption techniques, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in threat analysis, vulnerability management, and compliance with security regulations. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management (SIEM) software, demonstrating how these tools are applied to protect data and maintain system integrity.


Popular Information Security Courses and Certifications


  • P

    Pearson

    Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise & Cloud: Unit 3

    Skills you'll gain: Routing Protocols, Wide Area Networks, Software-Defined Networking, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Network Routing, Network Planning And Design, Virtual Networking, Network Architecture, Border Gateway Protocol, Network Performance Management, Network Protocols

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Goldman Sachs

    Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

    Skills you'll gain: Grant Writing, Business Development, Business Strategies, Entrepreneurship, Financial Planning, Financial Management, Proposal Development, Financial Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Loans, Fundraising, Business Communication

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    257 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Michigan

    Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face

    Skills you'll gain: Surveys, Interviewing Skills, Data Collection, Sampling (Statistics), Unstructured Data, Research Methodologies, Qualitative Research, Data Validation, Data Quality, Text Mining

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    353 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Ethernet Switching and Routing

    Skills you'll gain: Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Network Routing, Network Switches, Routing Protocols, Virtual Networking, TCP/IP, Network Architecture, Local Area Networks, Network Troubleshooting, Network Protocols, System Configuration

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • A

    Amazon Web Services

    AWS AI Practitioner Power Hour

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Bedrock, Responsible AI, Generative AI, AI Security, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, Amazon Web Services, Embeddings, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Image Analysis

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Building Batch Pipelines in Cloud Data Fusion

    Skills you'll gain: Data Wrangling, Data Transformation, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Cloud Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Data Integration, Cloud Development, Cloud-Based Integration, Data Analysis, Database Administration, Data Management

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • P

    Packt

    The Complete Ethical Hacking Course

    Skills you'll gain: Exploit development, OSI Models, Network Security, Exploitation techniques, TCP/IP, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Scanning, Metasploit, Malware Protection, Network Protocols, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Cyber Attacks, Wireless Networks, Application Security, Cyber Security Assessment, Network Monitoring, Linux, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), General Networking, Security Awareness

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    22 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, PySpark, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing, Distributed Computing, Package and Software Management

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • U

    University of Leeds

    An Introduction to Cryptography

    Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Encryption, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Cybersecurity, Data Security, Data Integrity

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Secure your Cloud Data

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Security, Data Security, Network Security, Cloud Applications, Authorization (Computing), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Application Security, Microsoft SQL Servers, Web Applications, Database Application, Cloud Development, Azure Active Directory, Firewall, Relational Databases, Cloud Management, Key Management, Threat Detection, Authentications, Encryption

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    19 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • D

    Duke University

    Explainable AI (XAI)

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Large Language Modeling, Decision Tree Learning, AI Security, Regression Analysis, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Product Strategy, Statistical Modeling, Python Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Logistic Regression, Machine Learning Methods, Deep Learning, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Literacy

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    81 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • F

    Fractal Analytics

    Python for Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Wrangling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Matplotlib, Statistical Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Seaborn, Data Science, Data Visualization Software, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Statistics, Business Analytics, Jupyter, Data Transformation, Descriptive Statistics, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
    ·
    105 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular information security courses

  • Cisco Software-Defined Wan for Enterprise & Cloud: Unit 3: Pearson
  • Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women: Goldman Sachs
  • Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face: University of Michigan
  • Ethernet Switching and Routing: Packt
  • AWS AI Practitioner Power Hour: Amazon Web Services
  • Building Batch Pipelines in Cloud Data Fusion: Google Cloud
  • The Complete Ethical Hacking Course: Packt
  • Distributed Image Processing in Cloud Dataproc: Google Cloud
  • An Introduction to Cryptography: University of Leeds
  • Secure your Cloud Data: Microsoft

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