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Linux Security Courses

Linux security courses can help you learn system hardening, user access controls, network security protocols, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in configuring firewalls, implementing encryption techniques, and conducting security audits. Many courses introduce tools like iptables for firewall management, OpenSSL for encryption, and Wireshark for network analysis, showing how these skills are applied in practical work to protect systems from vulnerabilities and threats.


Popular Linux Security Courses and Certifications


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    Google Cloud

    Monitoring GKE with Datadog

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Devops Tools, Network Security

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Whizlabs

    AWS: Feature Engineering Data Transformation & Integrity

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Preprocessing, AWS SageMaker, Data Cleansing, Apache Spark, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Pipelines, Data Transformation, Amazon Web Services, Responsible AI, Data Quality, Data Integrity, Amazon S3, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    Rust Secret Cipher CLI

    Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Encryption, Package and Software Management, Application Development, Cryptography, Software Engineering, Algorithms

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    AWS Foundations and Core Services

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Public Cloud, Cloud Storage, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Storage, Identity and Access Management, User Accounts, Cloud Security, Solution Architecture

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Foundations of Azure Infrastructure Design

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Authorization (Computing), Azure Active Directory, Cloud Infrastructure, Authentications, Cloud Security, Event Monitoring, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Infrastructure Security, Identity and Access Management, System Monitoring, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Management, Active Directory, Network Monitoring, Data Governance, Cloud Applications, Personally Identifiable Information, Security Management, Information Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    GCP Computing and Storage Services

    Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Google App Engine, Cloud Storage, Load Balancing, Cloud-Native Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Containerization, Data Storage Technologies, Virtual Machines, Cloud Security, Application Deployment, DevOps, Application Performance Management, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Containerization, Serverless Computing, CI/CD, DevOps, Prometheus (Software), Infrastructure Security, YAML, Microservices, System Monitoring, Grafana, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Introduction to Software-Defined (SD) Branch

    Skills you'll gain: Software-Defined Networking, Network Security, Infrastructure Security, Computer Networking, Local Area Networks, Network Architecture, Network Infrastructure, Wide Area Networks, Enterprise Architecture, Network Performance Management, Scalability

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Cloud Deployment and Scaling with ASP.NET Core

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Load Balancing, Cloud Computing, Cloud Applications, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Services, Cloud Solutions, Scalability, Microsoft Azure, Application Deployment, Amazon Web Services, ASP.NET, Disaster Recovery, Capacity Management, Application Performance Management

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Software Development & APIs for Network Engineers

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Methodologies, Development Environment, Software Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Version Control, Software Design Patterns, JSON, Network Engineering, Software Development Tools, Restful API, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Web Applications, TCP/IP, YAML, Extensible Markup Language (XML)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Static & Dynamic Analysis for Technical Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Performance Testing, Maintainability, Software Testing, Code Review, Software Technical Review, Security Testing, Test Planning, Software Quality Assurance, Test Tools, White-Box Testing, Regression Testing

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Amazon Web Services

    Getting Started with AWS Systems Manager

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, Cloud Management, Security Management, System Monitoring, Infrastructure Architecture, Solution Architecture

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux security courses

  • Monitoring GKE with Datadog: Google Cloud
  • AWS: Feature Engineering Data Transformation & Integrity : Whizlabs
  • Rust Secret Cipher CLI: Duke University
  • AWS Foundations and Core Services: Packt
  • Foundations of Azure Infrastructure Design: Packt
  • GCP Computing and Storage Services: LearnKartS
  • Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate: Pearson
  • Introduction to Software-Defined (SD) Branch: LearnQuest
  • Cloud Deployment and Scaling with ASP.NET Core: EDUCBA
  • Software Development & APIs for Network Engineers: Packt

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