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Data Protection Courses

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.


Popular Data Protection Courses and Certifications


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    University of California San Diego

    Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Pedagogy, Data Security, Cryptography, Information Privacy, Encryption, Responsible AI, AI Personalization, Computer Science, Information Technology, Informatics, Web Servers, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnKartS

    Cybersecurity Threats and Defense

    Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Threat Management, Cyber Attacks, Threat Detection, Cloud Security, Disaster Recovery, Network Security, Malware Protection, Data Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Hardening, Systems Architecture, Encryption

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    Information Security Awareness

    Skills you'll gain: Data Sharing, Authentications

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Data Loss Prevention: Qwik Start - JSON

    Skills you'll gain: Data Loss Prevention, Personally Identifiable Information, Information Privacy, JSON, Data Security, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Data Cleansing, Cloud Storage

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Universidades Anáhuac

    Escudo Digital: Ciberseguridad para datos y sistemas

    Skills you'll gain: Malware Protection, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Data Security, Security Awareness, Network Security, Information Assurance, Threat Modeling, Security Controls, Human Factors (Security), Vulnerability Assessments

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    GenAI for Telemedicine Data Security

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Telehealth, Health Technology, Generative AI, Healthcare Ethics, Regulatory Compliance, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Security Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, System Implementation, Data Security, Analysis, Risk Analysis, Innovation, Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Whizlabs

    AWS: Security, Governance, and Compliance

    Skills you'll gain: AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, Cloud Security, Data Security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Data Governance, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cyber Governance, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Encryption, Key Management, Security Controls, Amazon S3, Continuous Monitoring, System Monitoring

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Infosec

    Introduction to Privacy - Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Information Privacy, Governance, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Compliance Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Program Development, Data Sharing, Accountability

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Redacting Sensitive Data with Cloud Data Loss Prevention

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Data Loss Prevention, Data Security, Personally Identifiable Information, Information Privacy, Cloud Computing, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Services

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Pearson

    (SSCP) Systems Security Certified Practitioner: Unit 2

    Skills you'll gain: Public Key Infrastructure, Cryptography, Encryption, Data Security, Cryptographic Protocols, Data Integrity, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Network Security, Information Privacy, Authentications, Digital Communications

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    AWS Security, Logging & DevOps for Data Engineers

    Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Devops Tools, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Continuous Integration, Data Security, Cloud Security, Network Security, Cloud Management, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, DevSecOps, Data Loss Prevention, System Monitoring, Amazon S3, Data Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 5

    Skills you'll gain: Data Security, Information Systems Security, Information Assurance, Security Controls, Data Integrity, Identity and Access Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Network Security, IT Security Architecture, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Authorization (Computing), Infrastructure Security, Enterprise Security, Encryption, User Accounts, Security Awareness, Safety and Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data protection courses

  • Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy: University of California San Diego
  • Cybersecurity Threats and Defense: LearnKartS
  • Information Security Awareness: LearnKartS
  • Data Loss Prevention: Qwik Start - JSON: Google Cloud
  • Escudo Digital: Ciberseguridad para datos y sistemas: Universidades Anáhuac
  • GenAI for Telemedicine Data Security: Coursera
  • AWS: Security, Governance, and Compliance: Whizlabs
  • Introduction to Privacy - Part 1: Infosec
  • Redacting Sensitive Data with Cloud Data Loss Prevention: Google Cloud
  • (SSCP) Systems Security Certified Practitioner: Unit 2: Pearson

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