Security certification courses can help you learn risk assessment, incident response, network security principles, and compliance standards. You can build skills in threat analysis, vulnerability management, and implementing security policies effectively. Many courses introduce tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management (SIEM) software, showing how these tools are applied in real-world security scenarios to protect sensitive information and systems.

Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Network Security, Cloud Security, Firewall, Network Monitoring, Google Cloud Platform, Network Troubleshooting, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Identity and Access Management, Threat Detection, Proxy Servers
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Network Security, Network Troubleshooting, Proxy Servers, Network Monitoring, Cloud Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewall, Google Cloud Platform, Threat Detection, Network Analysis, Identity and Access Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Identity and Access Management, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Vulnerability Scanning, Cloud Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Vulnerability Management, Containerization, Cloud Storage, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Vulnerability Assessments, Generative AI Agents, Data Loss Prevention, Security Management, Cloud Computing, Malware Protection
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Data Centers, DevSecOps, System Monitoring, Threat Detection, Infrastructure Security, Microsoft Servers, Security Management, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards, Information Systems Security, Windows Servers, IT Infrastructure, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Disaster Recovery, IT Automation, Virtual Machines, Configuration Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Threat Management, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management, Data Security, Cloud-Native Computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Authentications, Cloud Computing, Vulnerability Assessments, Multi-Factor Authentication, Data Governance, Personally Identifiable Information, Authorization (Computing), Infrastructure Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Containerization, Network Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: ISO/IEC 27001, Threat Management, Security Management, Data Security, Cyber Risk, Risk Management, Continuous Monitoring, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Policies, Security Controls, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Scenario Testing, Asset Protection
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Authorization (Computing), User Accounts, Cloud Security, Data Security, Cloud Platforms, Command-Line Interface
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, Cloud Security, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, OAuth, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Application Security, Cloud Storage, Authorization (Computing), Data Security, Vulnerability Scanning, Data Encryption Standard, Key Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Threat Detection, Vulnerability Management, Threat Management, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Management, Multi-Cloud, Risk Management Framework, Incident Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Threat Detection, Operating Systems
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: AI Security, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Cyber Security Assessment, Exploitation techniques, Server Side, Application Security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Vulnerability Scanning, Secure Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Data Security, Cyber Attacks, Security Awareness, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Data Ethics, Authentications
Build toward a degree
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Google Cloud Platform, Identity and Access Management, Kubernetes, OAuth, Encryption, Cloud API, Application Security, Authorization (Computing), Data Encryption Standard, Cloud Storage, Authentications, Data Security, Application Programming Interface (API), Virtual Machines, Vulnerability Scanning, Key Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months