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.

Skills you'll gain: Scope Management, Project Scoping, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Management Life Cycle, Project Documentation, Goal Setting, Project Management, Project Planning, Stakeholder Management, Smart Goals, Cost Benefit Analysis, Project Management Software, Prompt Engineering Tools, Stakeholder Communications, Performance Metric, Accountability Frameworks, Resource Management, Strategic Thinking, Business Writing
★ 4.8 (24K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Whizlabs
Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Continuous Monitoring, Security Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Risk Management Framework, Cyber Risk, Risk Appetite, Risk Mitigation, Governance, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Risk Control, Cyber Security Strategy, Operational Risk, Risk Analysis, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Governance, Business Continuity, Business Continuity Planning, Security Controls, AI Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), AI Security, Threat Modeling, AI literacy, Threat Detection, Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Malware Protection, Exploitation techniques, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Anomaly Detection, Large Language Modeling, Vulnerability Management, Incident Management
★ 4.7 (12K) · Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Data Encryption Standard, Cryptographic Protocols, Encryption, Key Management, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Cybersecurity, Application Security, Authentications, Data Integrity, Algorithms, Arithmetic, Probability
★ 4.8 (4.5K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Multi-Factor Authentication, Authentications, Identity and Access Management, Security Controls, Security Awareness, Data Security, Safety and Security, Security Management, Human Factors (Security), Cyber Security Strategy
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Kennesaw State University
Skills you'll gain: Cyber Governance, Cyber Security Policies, Cyber Security Strategy, Security Management, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Risk Management Framework, Continuous Monitoring, Security Controls, Enterprise Security, Information Privacy
★ 4.7 (369) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Serverless Computing, Identity and Access Management, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Amazon S3, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure, Event-Driven Programming, Data Migration, Cloud Security, Cloud Storage, Cloud Management, Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Services, Cloud Solutions
★ 4.8 (6.8K) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Restful API, Web Services, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Extensible Languages and XML, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Software Installation
★ 4.8 (45K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Google Cloud Platform, Prometheus (Software), Cloud Infrastructure, Load Balancing, Prompt Engineering, Kubernetes, Network Performance Management, Network Monitoring, Cloud Computing Architecture, Prompt Engineering Tools, Firewall, Containerization, Application Performance Management, Virtual Networking, Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Network Routing, Site Reliability Engineering, Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
★ 4.7 (50K) · Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Deployment, Prompt Engineering, Kubernetes, Prompt Engineering Tools, Containerization, Database Architecture and Administration, MySQL, Dataflow, PostgreSQL, Identity and Access Management, Data Migration, Cloud Management, Cloud Security, Cloud Applications, Operational Databases, Data Maintenance, Database Design, Database Management
★ 4.7 (49K) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Microservices, DevSecOps, AI Orchestration, DevOps, Containerization, Application Security, Application Deployment, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Security Testing, Service Management, Network Troubleshooting, Distributed Computing, Scalability, Vulnerability Scanning, Configuration Management, Debugging, Data Persistence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI Agents, AI Orchestration, AI powered creativity, Agentic Workflows, OpenAI API, LLM Application, Ideation, Verification And Validation, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Data Presentation, AI literacy, OpenAI, Expense Management, AI Personalization, Software Development
★ 4.8 (10K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months