CompTIA Security+ courses can help you learn network security, risk management, cryptography, and identity management. You can build skills in threat analysis, incident response, and implementing security controls to protect sensitive information. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and vulnerability assessment software, showing how these tools are applied to safeguard networks and data against potential threats.

Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Security, Secure Coding, Security Controls, Vulnerability Assessments, Authorization (Computing), Hardening, Cryptographic Protocols, Cryptography, Authentications, Exploitation techniques
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: AI Integrations, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Applications, Cloud Development, Application Deployment, API Gateway, OpenAI API, Cloud Hosting, Cloud Security, Application Programming Interface (API), LLM Application, Cloud Technologies, OpenAI, Distributed Computing, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Threat Detection, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Threat Management, Anomaly Detection, Continuous Monitoring, System Monitoring, Virtual Machines, Network Security, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Event Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Network Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, IT Security Architecture, Computer Networking, Information Systems Security, Systems Administration, IT Infrastructure, Network Security, Operating System Administration, Cybersecurity, Package and Software Management, Application Security, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols, TCP/IP, Network Protocols, Active Directory, File Systems, Technical Support, OS Process Management, End User Training and Support, Help Desk Support
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

KodeKloud
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, Generative Model Architectures, Risking, Artificial Intelligence, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, AI Workflows, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Solutions, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Development, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Services, Automation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Virtual Networking, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Remote Access Systems
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Cryptographic Protocols, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Secure Coding, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Public Key Infrastructure, Multi-Factor Authentication, Network Protocols, Data Integrity
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cucumber (Software), API Testing, Gherkin (Scripting Language), Behavior-Driven Development, JSON, Restful API, Apache Maven, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Test Case, Test Planning, Software Testing, Test Engineering, Test Script Development, Security Testing, Test Automation, Code Coverage, Authentications, Java Programming, Java
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning, Vulnerability Management, Exploitation techniques, Cyber Security Assessment, Unix, Security Testing, Network Security, Cybersecurity, Application Security, Information Systems Security, Cyber Attacks, Network Analysis, Web Applications, Virtual Machines, Web Servers
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Azure Active Directory, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Microsoft Azure, Identity and Access Management, Active Directory, User Provisioning, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Enterprise Application Management, Single Sign-On (SSO), User Accounts, Cloud Security, Security Engineering, Multi-Factor Authentication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnKartS
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Cloud Infrastructure, User Provisioning, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Cloud Technologies, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Authorization (Computing), Solution Architecture
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Security Controls, Scalability, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databases, Microsoft Azure, Data Governance, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Lakes, Databricks, NoSQL, Data Processing, Cloud Management, Big Data, Apache Spark, Dashboard Creation, Interactive Data Visualization, Large Language Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Model Training
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months