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: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Security Management, Threat Detection, Compliance Management, Artificial Intelligence, Business Process Automation, Automation, Incident Response, Generative AI
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Security Testing, Continuous Monitoring, Cyber Security Assessment, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Vulnerability Scanning, Security Controls, Threat Detection, Threat Modeling, Endpoint Detection and Response
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Hardware Architecture, Security Engineering, Internet Of Things, Encryption, Information Systems Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Cybersecurity, Threat Modeling, Data Security, Security Requirements Analysis, Vulnerability Management, Information Privacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Authentications, User Provisioning, Multi-Factor Authentication, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On (SSO), Threat Modeling, User Accounts, Key Management, Cyber Security Assessment, Threat Management, Azure Active Directory, OAuth, Cybersecurity, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Threat Detection, Cryptography, Risk Management, Remote Access Systems
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Transact-SQL, Databases, Relational Databases, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Query Languages, Generative AI, Data Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Integrity, Data Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Cloud Storage, Data Encryption Standard, Security Controls, Authorization (Computing)
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, Prompt Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Application Deployment, Microservices, Virtual Machines, CI/CD, Google App Engine, Kubernetes, Generative AI, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Architecture, Terraform, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Restful API, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing Architecture, Technical Design
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Network Security, OSI Models, Public Key Infrastructure, Network Protocols, Encryption, Remote Access Systems, Firewall, Emerging Technologies, TCP/IP, Wireless Networks, Authentications
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Unix, Computer Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Unix Commands, System Programming, Shell Script, Linux, Debugging, Computer Architecture
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Remote Access Systems, User Accounts, Authorization (Computing), Network Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Data Ethics, Generative AI, AWS SageMaker, Cloud Security, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Encryption, Public Cloud, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, YAML, Containerization, Application Deployment, Configuration Management, MongoDB, Infrastructure Security, Network Security, Data Storage, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months