Information security courses can help you learn risk assessment, network security protocols, encryption techniques, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in threat analysis, vulnerability management, and compliance with security regulations. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management (SIEM) software, demonstrating how these tools are applied to protect data and maintain system integrity.

Skills you'll gain: Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Identity and Access Management, User Provisioning, User Accounts, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Group Policy, Google Cloud Platform, Cyber Security Policies
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Cloud-Native Computing, System Monitoring, Cloud Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms, Application Performance Management, Cloud Computing Architecture
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Data Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Statistical Programming, Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Data Transformation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Metasploit, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Penetration Testing, Exploit development, Vulnerability Scanning, Exploitation techniques, Security Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Hardening, Brute-force attacks, Web Applications, Cybersecurity, Firewall, Network Security, Wireless Networks, Network Analysis, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Data Analysis, Programming Principles, Statistical Analysis, Computer Programming, Analytics, Python Programming, Natural Language Processing, Computer Science, Text Mining, NumPy, Data Processing, Code Reusability, Mathematical Software, Debugging, Computational Logic, Data Manipulation
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Change Control
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Dataflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Google Cloud Platform, Data Cleansing, Data Quality, Data Validation, Big Data, Data Processing, Apache Spark, Data Transformation, Scalability, Cloud Services, Event Monitoring, Serverless Computing, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Authentications, Key Management, Encryption, Cryptography
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Codio
Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Plot (Graphics), Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Import/Export, Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Pandas (Python Package), Data Wrangling, Correlation Analysis, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Scripting, Computational Logic
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Network Switches, Network Troubleshooting, Virtual Networking, TCP/IP, Local Area Networks, Network Protocols, Network Performance Management, System Configuration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Platforms, Cloud-Native Computing, CI/CD, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Service Management, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Cloud Security, Containerization, System Monitoring, Application Security, Application Lifecycle Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks