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Software Security Courses

Software security courses can help you learn secure coding practices, vulnerability assessment, threat modeling, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in risk analysis, penetration testing, and implementing security protocols across various software environments. Many courses introduce tools like static and dynamic analysis software, intrusion detection systems, and security frameworks, showing how these tools enhance your ability to protect applications from potential threats.


Popular Software Security Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    BiteSize Python: Object Oriented Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Software Documentation, Technical Documentation, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Software Design, Code Reusability, Python Programming

    ★ 4.5 (14) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Unit Testing in React.js: Create a Unit Test Suite

    Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Unit Testing, Test Case, React.js, API Testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Software Testing, Mockups, Javascript

    ★ 4.3 (7) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Jira Workflow Automation & Optimization

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Jira (Software), Workflow Management, Report Writing, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, Backlogs, Due Diligence, Dashboard, Return On Investment, Sprint Planning, Business Process Automation, Agile Methodology, Automation, Process Improvement, No-Code Development, Debugging, Configuration Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Stakeholder Management

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • W

    Whizlabs

    AWS: CI/CD Pipelines and Deployment Strategies

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Cloud Deployment, Application Deployment, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development Life Cycle, Continuous Deployment, Development Testing, Continuous Delivery, Software Development, Continuous Integration, Amazon Web Services, Test Tools, Containerization

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Introducción a PicsArt para Redes Sociales

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Instagram, Social Media Content, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Marketing Design, Graphics Software, Shared Media, Graphical Tools, Marketing

    ★ 4.1 (21) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Free
    Free
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Council on Foreign Relations

    Global Affairs Explained: Managing the International System

    Skills you'll gain: International Finance, Policy Development, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Crisis Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Data Driven Decision Making

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Programming, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Analysis, Data Analysis, R (Software), Data Visualization, R Programming, Statistics, Statistical Inference, Variance Analysis, Sampling (Statistics)

    ★ 4.7 (31) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • M

    Microsoft

    Code and framework based agent development

    Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, Prompt Patterns, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, AI Integrations, OpenAI API, Token Optimization, Test Script Development, Context Management, Code Reusability, Secure Coding, Memory Management, Authentications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Modelling Threats - Strategies in Threat Modelling

    Skills you'll gain: Threat Modeling, Threat Management, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cybersecurity, Security Controls, Security Strategy, Risk Management Framework, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Software Development Life Cycle, Cloud Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Codio

    Select Topics in Python: Natural Language Processing

    Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Large Language Modeling, Hugging Face, Natural Language Processing, Data Processing, LLM Application, Embeddings, Data Preprocessing, Python Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Ball State University

    Introduction to Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Data Collection, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), R (Software), Data Science, R Programming, Statistical Methods, General Science and Research, Data Structures, Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Responsible AI, Information Privacy, Informed Consent, Social Impact, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Algorithms, Big Data

    ★ 4.7 (7) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • S

    Scrimba

    Learn CSS Flexbox

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Computer Programming

    ★ 4.9 (47) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software security courses

  • BiteSize Python: Object Oriented Programming: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Unit Testing in React.js: Create a Unit Test Suite: Coursera
  • Jira Workflow Automation & Optimization: Coursera
  • AWS: CI/CD Pipelines and Deployment Strategies: Whizlabs
  • Introducción a PicsArt para Redes Sociales : Coursera
  • Global Affairs Explained: Managing the International System: Council on Foreign Relations
  • Data Driven Decision Making: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Code and framework based agent development: Microsoft
  • Modelling Threats - Strategies in Threat Modelling: Packt
  • Select Topics in Python: Natural Language Processing: Codio

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