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Security Certification Courses

Security certification courses can help you learn risk assessment, incident response, network security principles, and compliance standards. You can build skills in threat analysis, vulnerability management, and implementing security policies effectively. Many courses introduce tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management (SIEM) software, showing how these tools are applied in real-world security scenarios to protect sensitive information and systems.


Popular Security Certification Courses and Certifications


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    Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

    Check Point Jump Start: Harmony Endpoint Security

    Skills you'll gain: Endpoint Security, Threat Detection, Malware Protection, Security Management, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Remote Access Systems, Zero Trust Network Access, Application Deployment, Network Protocols, Software Installation, Systems Architecture, Linux

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Web Application Security Testing with Google Hacking

    Skills you'll gain: Security Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Secure Coding, Data Security, Application Security, Cyber Security Assessment, Vulnerability Assessments, Web Applications, Web Servers, Information Privacy, SQL

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Macquarie University

    Cyber Security: Identity Access Management and Authentication

    Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Authentications, User Provisioning, Multi-Factor Authentication, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On (SSO), Threat Modeling, User Accounts, Key Management, Cyber Security Assessment, Threat Management, Azure Active Directory, OAuth, Cybersecurity, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Threat Detection, Cryptography, Risk Management, Remote Access Systems

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Cisco CCNP Security SNCF (Exam 300-710)

    Skills you'll gain: Firewall, Network Security, System Configuration, Network Administration, Amazon Web Services, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Infrastructure Security, Network Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Threat Management, Network Performance Management, Endpoint Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, System Monitoring, Cyber Security Policies, Configuration Management, Application Deployment

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Implementing Security in IoT and Edge Devices

    Skills you'll gain: Hardware Architecture, Security Engineering, Internet Of Things, Encryption, Information Systems Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Cybersecurity, Threat Modeling, Data Security, Security Requirements Analysis, Vulnerability Management, Information Privacy

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Introduction to Azure Security and Identity Access

    Skills you'll gain: Remote Access Systems, User Accounts, Authorization (Computing), Network Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    Responsible AI with AWS Security and Governance

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Data Ethics, Generative AI, AWS SageMaker, Cloud Security, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Encryption, Public Cloud, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Security & Ethical Hacking: Attacking Unix and Windows

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Unix, Computer Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Unix Commands, System Programming, Shell Script, Linux, Debugging, Computer Architecture

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect Professional Certificate 日本語版

    Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, Prompt Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Application Deployment, Microservices, Virtual Machines, CI/CD, Google App Engine, Kubernetes, Generative AI, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Architecture, Terraform, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Restful API, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing Architecture, Technical Design

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    903 reviews

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Advanced Kubernetes - Security, and Large-Scale Deployments

    Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, YAML, Containerization, Application Deployment, Configuration Management, MongoDB, Infrastructure Security, Network Security, Data Storage, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Pearson

    Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Unit 2

    Skills you'll gain: Data Integrity, Data Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Cloud Storage, Data Encryption Standard, Security Controls, Authorization (Computing)

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    SQL Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Transact-SQL, Databases, Relational Databases, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Query Languages, Generative AI, Data Analysis

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    115 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Check Point Jump Start: Harmony Endpoint Security: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
  • Web Application Security Testing with Google Hacking: Packt
  • Cyber Security: Identity Access Management and Authentication: Macquarie University
  • Cisco CCNP Security SNCF (Exam 300-710): Packt
  • Implementing Security in IoT and Edge Devices: LearnQuest
  • Introduction to Azure Security and Identity Access: Packt
  • Responsible AI with AWS Security and Governance: LearnKartS
  • Security & Ethical Hacking: Attacking Unix and Windows : University of Colorado Boulder
  • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect Professional Certificate 日本語版: Google Cloud
  • Advanced Kubernetes - Security, and Large-Scale Deployments: Packt

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