Data protection courses can help you learn data privacy regulations, risk assessment techniques, incident response strategies, and encryption methods. You can build skills in compliance management, data governance, and implementing security protocols to safeguard sensitive information. Many courses introduce tools like data loss prevention software, encryption tools, and privacy management platforms, showing how these skills are applied in practical work to protect personal and organizational data.

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Clinical Informatics, Data Ethics, Health Informatics, Responsible AI, Electronic Medical Record System, Health Care, Health Technology, Clinical Data Management, Healthcare Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Decision Support Systems, Machine Learning, Data Quality, Generative AI
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Data Integration, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Data Collection, Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation, SQL, MySQL, Databases, Query Languages, Pandas (Python Package), Application Programming Interface (API)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Data Collection, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Data Science, R Programming, Statistical Methods, Data Structures, Data Analysis, Data Capture, Information Privacy, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Quality, Informed Consent, Social Impact, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Data Validation, Algorithms, Big Data
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Probability & Statistics, Data Analysis, R (Software), Data Visualization, Statistical Inference, Variance Analysis, Sampling (Statistics)
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Instagram, Business Intelligence, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Dashboard, Case Studies, Customer Insights
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Dictionary, Data Quality, Data Management, Data Cleansing, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Case Studies, Communication Strategies, Stakeholder Communications, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Continuous Improvement Process
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Excel Macros, Data Validation, Scatter Plots, Pivot Tables And Charts, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualization, Regression Analysis, Excel Formulas, Histogram, Data Analysis, Data Integrity, Descriptive Statistics, Data Visualization Software, Spreadsheet Software, Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Statistical Methods, Descriptive Analytics, Automation
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Data Cleansing, Python Programming, Data Analysis, NumPy, Pandas (Python Package), Data Manipulation, Analytical Skills, Scripting, Algorithms, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Software Engineering, Distributed Computing, Cloud Storage, Extract, Transform, Load, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Serverless Computing, Cloud Technologies, Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Amazon Web Services, Command-Line Interface, Python Programming, Data Governance, NumPy, Rust (Programming Language)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Pandas (Python Package), Plot (Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Scatter Plots, Data Analysis, Box Plots, Python Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Financial Data, Data Analysis, Package and Software Management, R Programming, R (Software), Statistical Analysis, Expense Management, Financial Analysis, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Manipulation, Statistical Visualization, Data Import/Export
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Data Presentation, Graphic and Visual Design, Data Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Plot (Graphics), Data Literacy, Exploratory Data Analysis, Scatter Plots
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months