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Linux Security Courses

Linux security courses can help you learn system hardening, user access controls, network security protocols, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in configuring firewalls, implementing encryption techniques, and conducting security audits. Many courses introduce tools like iptables for firewall management, OpenSSL for encryption, and Wireshark for network analysis, showing how these skills are applied in practical work to protect systems from vulnerabilities and threats.


Popular Linux Security Courses and Certifications


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    Microsoft

    Essentials with Azure Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Virtual Machines, System Monitoring, Cloud Security, Scalability

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    86 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

    Princípios de Desenvolvimento Ágil de Software

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Agile Software Development, Backlogs, Agile Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, Test Driven Development (TDD), Requirements Analysis, Sprint Planning, Unified Modeling Language, Software Development Methodologies, Software Engineering, Software Development

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    221 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    Requirements Gathering for Secure Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Requirements Analysis, User Requirements Documents, Software Development Methodologies, Requirements Elicitation, Agile Methodology, Functional Requirement, Software Design Documents, System Requirements, Software Development Life Cycle, Verification And Validation, Technical Communication

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    685 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Royal Holloway, University of London

    Cybercrime

    Skills you'll gain: Human Factors (Security), Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Risk, Security Awareness, Social Sciences, Culture, Psychology, Survey Creation, Research

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    55 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    DevOps and Jenkins Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Software Development, Continuous Delivery, Software Installation, Linux Administration

    3.5
    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    32 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-110)

    Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Application Security, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Security Requirements Analysis, Security Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Code Review, Software Design, Encryption, Vulnerability Management, Data Security, Cryptography, Continuous Monitoring, Authentications, Development Testing, System Monitoring, Authorization (Computing)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California San Diego

    Internet of Things V2: Setting up and Using Cloud Services

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Development, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Internet Of Things, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Linux Administration, Software Installation, Embedded Systems, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Restful API

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    42 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Peking University

    计算机组成 Computer Organization

    Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Computer Systems, Hardware Architecture, Computer Hardware, Data Storage, Data Storage Technologies, Computational Logic, Peripheral Devices, System Programming

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    483 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator

    Skills you'll gain: Azure Active Directory, Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Security, Cloud Security, Active Directory, Personally Identifiable Information, Multi-Factor Authentication, Data Security, Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, User Provisioning, Single Sign-On (SSO), Security Controls, Threat Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), User Accounts

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Hardening Default GKE Cluster Configurations

    Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Threat Modeling, Hardening, Security Testing, Verification And Validation, Google Cloud Platform, Security Controls, Vulnerability Assessments, Cloud Computing

    Advanced · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    IBM

    Monitoring and Observability for Development and DevOps

    Skills you'll gain: Grafana, System Monitoring, Prometheus (Software), Application Performance Management, DevOps, Continuous Monitoring, Docker (Software), Cloud-Native Computing, Containerization, Kubernetes, Microservices, Debugging, Distributed Computing, Data Management

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    95 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Infosec

    OWASP Top 10 - Risks 6-10

    Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Authentications, Application Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Management, Event Monitoring, Security Controls, Data Integrity, System Monitoring, Patch Management, Server Side

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    62 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Essentials with Azure Fundamentals: Microsoft
  • Princípios de Desenvolvimento Ágil de Software: Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
  • Requirements Gathering for Secure Software Development: University of Colorado System
  • Cybercrime: Royal Holloway, University of London
  • DevOps and Jenkins Fundamentals: LearnKartS
  • Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-110) : Packt
  • Internet of Things V2: Setting up and Using Cloud Services: University of California San Diego
  • 计算机组成 Computer Organization: Peking University
  • MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator: Packt
  • Hardening Default GKE Cluster Configurations: Google Cloud

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