Data protection courses can help you learn data privacy regulations, risk assessment techniques, incident response strategies, and encryption methods. You can build skills in compliance management, data governance, and implementing security protocols to safeguard sensitive information. Many courses introduce tools like data loss prevention software, encryption tools, and privacy management platforms, showing how these skills are applied in practical work to protect personal and organizational data.

Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Scientific Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization, Data Preprocessing, Statistical Visualization, Box Plots, E-Commerce, Business Analytics, Data Visualization Software, Scatter Plots, Histogram, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Image Quality, Python Programming
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Process Improvement, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Management Accounting, Risk Management, Machine Learning Algorithms, Corporate Tax, Team Leadership, Social Determinants Of Health, Marketing Analytics, Financial Auditing, Data Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Business Strategy, Variance Analysis, Generative AI, Financial Market
Credit offered
Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Sharing, Identity and Access Management, Authorization (Computing), Data Access, Google Cloud Platform, User Accounts, Data Migration, Data Management, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Unix Commands, Bioinformatics, Unix, Data Management, Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Molecular Biology, Big Data, File Management, Data Analysis Software, Data Processing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Edureka
Skills you'll gain: MongoDB, NoSQL, Database Management, Data Wrangling, Performance Tuning, Database Design, Databases, Data Modeling, Data Store, Query Languages, Scalability, Real Time Data, Disaster Recovery, Data Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Financial Data, Business Analytics, Data Strategy, Analytical Skills, Project Design, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Project Implementation, Unstructured Data, Data Quality
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Android Development, Kotlin, Android Studio, Application Programming Interface (API), Mobile Development, Data Persistence, Database Management, Databases, JSON, Web Applications, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Tsinghua University
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Algorithms, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, Computer Science
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: JSON, Data Processing, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Scraping, Debugging, Python Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Data Structures, Data Collection
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Data Quality, Anomaly Detection, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Data Ethics, Generative AI, Data Pipelines, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Data Synthesis, Data Validation, Responsible AI, Natural Language Processing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Metadata Management, Google Cloud Platform, Data Mining, Big Data, Data Management, Cloud API
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Data Ethics, Data Transformation, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Data Collection, Data Pipelines, Data Preprocessing, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Integrity, R Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Information Privacy, Statistical Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks