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Pen Testing Courses

Pen testing courses can help you learn vulnerability assessment, network security, and ethical hacking techniques. You can build skills in penetration testing methodologies, risk analysis, and incident response strategies. Many courses introduce tools like Metasploit, Wireshark, and Burp Suite, that support identifying and exploiting security weaknesses in systems and applications. By engaging with these tools, you can practice practical work that enhance your ability to secure networks and protect sensitive data.


Popular Pen Testing Courses and Certifications


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    Coursera

    Advanced Contract Testing with Pact and Beyond

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Integration Testing, Continuous Deployment, Microservices, System Testing, Software Versioning, Continuous Integration, Software Testing, Development Testing, Test Automation, Application Programming Interface (API), CI/CD, Verification And Validation

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Advanced Rust – Lifetimes, Iterators, Testing & Randomness

    Skills you'll gain: Regression Testing, Algorithms

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Advanced Data Testing for Quality at Scale

    Skills you'll gain: Application Lifecycle Management, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, GitLab, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Data Validation, Data Quality, Test Automation, Workflow Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Test Case, Enterprise Architecture, Governance, Data Pipelines, Scalability, SQL

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Performance Testing with JMeter for absolute beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Performance Testing, Test Tools, Test Execution Engine, Application Performance Management, Test Data

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    IBM

    AI Workflow: Data Analysis and Hypothesis Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Probability Distribution, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Data Science, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Jupyter, Matplotlib, Data Cleansing, Pandas (Python Package), Statistical Inference, Statistics, Data Quality, Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Machine Learning

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Cypress Automation Testing Framework - Zero To Hero

    Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, Continuous Integration, CI/CD, Selenium (Software), OAuth, Software Testing, Development Environment, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Case, API Gateway, Test Tools, Git (Version Control System), Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Testing and Advanced REST with Spring Boot

    Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Apache Maven, Unit Testing, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Restful API, Software Testing, Test Case, Gradle, API Design, Software Development Tools, Integration Testing, JSON, Authentications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    L&T EduTech

    Grouping, Testing & Quality Control of Pile Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Product Testing, Laboratory Testing, Structural Engineering, Construction Inspection, Process Validation, Construction Engineering, Construction, Civil Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Simulation and Simulation Software, Safety Standards

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    Packt

    Advanced Automation Frameworks and Testing with TestNG

    Skills you'll gain: Selenium (Software), Test Automation, Test Tools, Test Data, Test Case, Unit Testing, Software Testing, Test Execution Engine, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Java, Performance Testing, Automation

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Science Decisions in Time:Sequential Hypothesis Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Image Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Data Science, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytics, Machine Learning Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Biomedical Engineering, A/B Testing, Computer Vision, Algorithms, Statistical Inference, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Program Development, Probability Distribution, Medical Imaging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Advanced Gatling for Stress Testing Web Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Learn Automation Testing with Java and Selenium Webdriver

    Skills you'll gain: Selenium (Software), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Eclipse (Software), Java, Java Programming, JUnit, HTML and CSS, Object Oriented Design, Test Automation, Software Testing, Integrated Development Environments, Test Data, Browser Compatibility, Computer Programming, Web Development, Programming Principles, Test Case, Development Environment, Continuous Integration, Automation

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular pen testing courses

  • Advanced Contract Testing with Pact and Beyond: Coursera
  • Advanced Rust – Lifetimes, Iterators, Testing & Randomness: Packt
  • Advanced Data Testing for Quality at Scale: Coursera
  • Performance Testing with JMeter for absolute beginners: Coursera
  • AI Workflow: Data Analysis and Hypothesis Testing: IBM
  • Cypress Automation Testing Framework - Zero To Hero: Packt
  • Testing and Advanced REST with Spring Boot: Packt
  • Grouping, Testing & Quality Control of Pile Foundations: L&T EduTech
  • Advanced Automation Frameworks and Testing with TestNG: Packt
  • Data Science Decisions in Time:Sequential Hypothesis Testing: Johns Hopkins University

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