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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


  • G

    Google

    Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project

    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

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

    Whizlabs

    CISM: Enterprise Risk Leadership

    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

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

    IBM

    IBM Generative AI for Cybersecurity Professionals

    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

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

    Stanford University

    Cryptography I

    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

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Secure Basics and MFA

    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

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

    Kennesaw State University

    The GRC Approach to Managing Cybersecurity

    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

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

    Amazon Web Services

    AWS Fundamentals

    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

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

    University of Michigan

    Using Python to Access Web Data

    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

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

    Google Cloud

    Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr

    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

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

    Google Cloud

    Google Cloud Database Engineer

    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

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

    Simplilearn

    Advanced Docker Orchestration and Scaling Training

    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

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

    Vanderbilt University

    AI Agent Developer

    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

    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

  • Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project: Google
  • CISM: Enterprise Risk Leadership: Whizlabs
  • IBM Generative AI for Cybersecurity Professionals: IBM
  • Cryptography I: Stanford University
  • Secure Basics and MFA: Coursera
  • The GRC Approach to Managing Cybersecurity: Kennesaw State University
  • AWS Fundamentals: Amazon Web Services
  • Using Python to Access Web Data: University of Michigan
  • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr: Google Cloud
  • Google Cloud Database Engineer: Google Cloud

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