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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


  • 2

    28DIGITAL

    Standardisation & Technology

    Skills you'll gain: Technical Standard, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Interoperability, Emerging Technologies, Common Core Standards, Information Privacy, Digital Communications, Telecommunications, Artificial Intelligence

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    55 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • L

    LearnKartS

    Continuous Inspection and Configuration Management - Jenkins

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Jenkins, Ansible, SonarQube, Continuous Deployment, Configuration Management, Software Configuration Management, Code Coverage, DevOps, Devops Tools, Automation, Quality Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics

    Skills you'll gain: Usability, User Experience Design, User Centered Design, Software Documentation, Usability Testing, Technical Documentation, Bioinformatics, End User Training and Support, Technical Writing, Technical Communication, Product Development, Writing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Java Servlets Case Study - Email Marketing Tool

    Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, Full-Stack Web Development, Email Automation, Front-End Web Development, HTML and CSS, User Interface (UI), Web Design, Code Reusability, Server Side, Java Programming, MySQL, Program Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Software Architecture, Web Applications, Data Access, Back-End Web Development, Development Testing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    20 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Complete Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Course | Learn Solidity

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Video Game Development, Test Script Development, Game Design, Investments, Test Automation, Digital Assets, Investment Management, Unit Testing, Development Testing, Cryptography, Key Management, Program Development, Cryptographic Protocols, FinTech, General Finance, Software Development, Web Development Tools, Asset Management, Asset Protection

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Codio

    Select Topics in Python: Django

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, GitHub, Django (Web Framework), Git (Version Control System), Application Deployment, Object-Relational Mapping, Development Environment, Unit Testing, Cloud Deployment, Database Development, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Model View Controller, Database Management, Virtual Environment, Program Development, HTML and CSS, Python Programming

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    SkillUp

    Generative AI: Advancing Systems Analysis & Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Process Modeling, Business Process Modeling, Business Workflow Analysis, Systems Analysis, Workflow Management, Stakeholder Communications, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Process Optimization, Miro AI, Process Mapping, Consulting, Business Analysis Tools, Process Flow Diagrams, AI Integrations, Business Consulting, Systems Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Systems Thinking

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    17 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of California, Davis

    Beer Quality: Flavor

    Skills you'll gain: Biochemistry, Sensory Systems Analysis, Chemistry, Process Control, Laboratory Testing, Analytical Testing, Product Testing, Quantitative Research, Human Factors, Microbiology

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    17 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Information Systems Operations and Business Resiliency

    Skills you'll gain: Service Level Agreement, Data Governance, Incident Management, Problem Management, Database Management Systems, Database Software, Asset Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Planning, Data Management, Database Management, Business Continuity, Service Level, Information Technology Operations, IT Service Management, Incident Response, Security Controls, Information Systems, IT Infrastructure, IT Management

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • W

    Whizlabs

    NVIDIA: LLM Experimentation, Deployment, and Ethical AI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, AI Workflows, Model Optimization, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Information Privacy, Model Deployment, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Version Control, Model Evaluation, Scalability

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • L

    LearnKartS

    AWS AI Practitioner Certification Prep

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Prompt Engineering Tools, Computer Vision, Model Optimization, Generative Model Architectures, Machine Learning Methods, AI Workflows, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Model Training, Cloud Security, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Risking, AI literacy, Embeddings, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Deep Learning, Data Wrangling

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    13 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • A

    Arizona State University

    How Can We Measure and Study Human Error?

    Skills you'll gain: Usability, Usability Testing, Human Computer Interaction, Human Centered Design, Human Factors, User Centered Design, UI/UX Research, User Research, Data Collection, Research Methodologies, Research, Experimentation, Case Studies

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Standardisation & Technology: 28DIGITAL
  • Continuous Inspection and Configuration Management - Jenkins: LearnKartS
  • Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
  • Java Servlets Case Study - Email Marketing Tool: EDUCBA
  • Complete Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Course | Learn Solidity: Packt
  • Select Topics in Python: Django: Codio
  • Generative AI: Advancing Systems Analysis & Architecture: SkillUp
  • Beer Quality: Flavor: University of California, Davis
  • Information Systems Operations and Business Resiliency: Packt
  • NVIDIA: LLM Experimentation, Deployment, and Ethical AI: Whizlabs

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