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    FAIR Institute

    Foundations of Cyber Risk Management and FAIR™

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Cyber Risk, Risk Modeling, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Strategic Decision-Making, Business Risk Management, Strategic Prioritization, Compliance Reporting, Management Reporting, Strategic Leadership, Business Communication

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Simplilearn

    Generative AI Course in Software Testing and Documentation

    Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Test Automation, Generative AI, Software Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Vulnerability Assessments, Test Case, Security Testing, Secure Coding, Full-Stack Web Development, Technical Documentation, Natural Language Processing

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Mastering Adobe Photoshop CC: Retouching & AI Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing, Generative AI, Graphical Tools, Image Quality, Creative Design, Graphics Software

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Unsupervised Learning and Its Applications in Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Anomaly Detection, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Customer Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Data Mining, Customer Insights, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Marketing, Unstructured Data, Statistical Machine Learning, Target Audience, Python Programming, Market Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Dartmouth College

    Simulation for Digital Transformation

    Skills you'll gain: Simulation and Simulation Software, Digital Transformation, Systems Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Research, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Verification And Validation, Process Optimization, Data Integration, Risk Management, Python Programming, Event-Driven Programming, Probability & Statistics, Performance Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    ASP.NET Core MVC Fundamentals & CRUD Operations

    Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, Model View Controller, .NET Framework, Object-Relational Mapping, Data Access, Full-Stack Web Development, Web Development, Web Applications, Database Development, Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Dependency Analysis, User Interface (UI)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Instructor Network

    Learn to Code: Fun with C#

    Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Business Logic, Application Development, Computational Logic, C# (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Data Structures

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Whizlabs

    Exam Prep CJE: Certified Jenkins Engineer

    Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Software Development Tools, Distributed Computing, Containerization, Application Programming Interface (API), Security Requirements Analysis, Version Control, User Interface (UI)

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Managing and Securing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Cloud API, Application Programming Interface (API), Capacity Management, Google Cloud Platform, Scalability, Application Security, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Security Controls, Proxy Servers, Data Security, Application Deployment, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Development Environment, Encryption, Debugging

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Advanced Cybersecurity Topics

    Skills you'll gain: MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Metasploit, Penetration Testing, Exploit development, Exploitation techniques, Threat Modeling, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Operations, Cyber Security Assessment, Cybersecurity, Operating Systems, Hardening, Malware Protection, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Controls, Authorization (Computing), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, System Programming, Authentications, Computer Architecture

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    NIIT

    Developing Responsive Web Pages Using HTML5 and CSS3

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Mobile Development, UI Components

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Practical Multi AI Agents and Advanced Use Cases with crewAI

    Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, LangChain, Generative AI Agents, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Tool Calling, Agentic systems, Automation, Application Deployment, Test Execution Engine, Program Development, Test Case

    4.9
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    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular programming basics courses

  • Foundations of Cyber Risk Management and FAIR™: FAIR Institute
  • Generative AI Course in Software Testing and Documentation: Simplilearn
  • Mastering Adobe Photoshop CC: Retouching & AI Tools: Skillshare
  • Unsupervised Learning and Its Applications in Marketing: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Simulation for Digital Transformation: Dartmouth College
  • ASP.NET Core MVC Fundamentals & CRUD Operations: Packt
  • Learn to Code: Fun with C#: Coursera Instructor Network
  • Exam Prep CJE: Certified Jenkins Engineer: Whizlabs
  • Managing and Securing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform: Google Cloud
  • Advanced Cybersecurity Topics: Johns Hopkins University

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