Information security courses can help you learn risk assessment, network security protocols, encryption techniques, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in threat analysis, vulnerability management, and compliance with security regulations. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security information and event management (SIEM) software, demonstrating how these tools are applied to protect data and maintain system integrity.

University at Buffalo
Skills you'll gain: Personal protective equipment, Environmental Regulations, Safety Training, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Hazard Analysis, Energy and Utilities, Safety Standards, Hazard Communication (HazCom), Safety and Security, Fire And Life Safety, Regulatory Compliance, First Aid, Emergency Response
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Application Deployment, Virtual Machines, Web Applications, Cloud Hosting, Public Cloud, Linux Servers, Apache, Remote Access Systems
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Applications, Kubernetes, Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Storage, Containerization, Cloud Computing, Virtual Machines, Network Infrastructure, Virtual Networking, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Data Centers, Serverless Computing, Scalability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Google Cloud Platform, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Torque (Physics), Vibrations, Engineering, Physics, Calculus, Mathematical Modeling
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Business Strategies, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Business Management, Strategic Decision-Making, Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Value Propositions, Innovation
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Application Security, System Programming, Secure Coding, C++ (Programming Language), C (Programming Language), Debugging, Interoperability, File I/O, Data Validation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AWS Kinesis, AWS SageMaker, Cloud Engineering, Data Quality, Docker (Software), Data Pipelines, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Security, Databases, Version Control, Apache Spark, Data Modeling, Cloud Security, Cloud Storage, Network Security, Kubernetes, Git (Version Control System), Data Management, AWS CloudFormation, Data Processing
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Threat Detection, Computer Security Incident Management, Cybersecurity, Anomaly Detection, Applied Machine Learning, Network Security, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Metasploit, Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Brute-force attacks, Cyber Security Assessment, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Security, Remote Access Systems, Network Protocols, Command-Line Interface, Network Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Firewall, Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Information Systems Security, Security Controls, Network Monitoring, Threat Detection, Linux Administration, Linux
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Business Intelligence, Dashboard, Tableau Software, IBM Cognos Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Looker (Software), Regression Analysis, Data Visualization, PostgreSQL, Interactive Data Visualization, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Visualization Software, Data Cleansing, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months