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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Data Visualization & Storytelling in Python

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Plotly, Data Presentation, Matplotlib, Interactive Data Visualization, Seaborn, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Scatter Plots

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Build Websites with Figma, HTML, and CSS

    Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Figma (Design Software), Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design, Web Design and Development, Mockups, Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Prototyping, Javascript, Web Development

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Dairy Nutrition for Udder Success

    Skills you'll gain: Nutritional Assessment, Predictive Analytics, Maternal Health, Machine Learning, Diagnostic Tests, Food and Beverage, Health Systems, Operating Cost, Nutrition and Diet, Market Dynamics, Water Resources, Food Safety and Sanitation, Manufacturing and Production, Behavioral Economics, Business Economics, Environment, Molecular Biology, Production Management, Consumer Behaviour, Molecular, Cellular, and Microbiology

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    32 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Build a Multi-Page Website with Frontend Mentor, HTML, and CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Typography, Front-End Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UI Components, Figma (Design Software), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Usability, Animations

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Automating the Deployment of Networks with Terraform

    Skills you'll gain: Firewall, Terraform, Virtual Networking, Virtual Machines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, IT Automation, Network Security, Verification And Validation, Cloud Deployment, Network Model

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    Microservices Design, Communication, and Data Handling

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, API Gateway, Scalability, Systems Architecture, Software Architecture, Data Management, Distributed Computing, Databases, API Design, Restful API, Software Design Patterns, NoSQL, GraphQL, Event-Driven Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    React Beginner Project: Build a Movie Search App

    Skills you'll gain: React.js, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript Frameworks, UI Components, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Application Frameworks, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, Restful API

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Beginner's Guide to Unit Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Test Case, Test Driven Development (TDD), Debugging, Software Testing, Development Testing, Test Automation, Test Tools, Quality Assurance

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    SAS

    Building a Large-Scale, Automated Forecasting System

    Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Forecasting, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Statistical Methods, Predictive Modeling, Data Preprocessing, Automation, Anomaly Detection, Data Transformation, Model Evaluation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    Tableau Data Analysis and Visualization

    Skills you'll gain: Tableau Software, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, R Programming, Alteryx, Statistical Programming, Data Presentation, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Data Storytelling, Data Structures, Statistical Analysis, Workflow Management, Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Data Transformation

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • P

    Packt

    Hands-on Hacking

    Skills you'll gain: Vulnerability Scanning, Cyber Security Assessment, Active Directory, Web Applications, Brute-force attacks, Microsoft Windows, Cryptographic Protocols, Bash (Scripting Language), Command-Line Interface, Shell Script, Apache Tomcat, Scripting, Microsoft SQL Servers

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    Introduction to NLP and Syntactic Processing

    Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Data Manipulation, Unstructured Data, Markov Model, Data Preprocessing, Python Programming, Applied Machine Learning, Feature Engineering, Algorithms, Probability & Statistics

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software security courses

  • Data Visualization & Storytelling in Python: Coursera
  • Build Websites with Figma, HTML, and CSS: Scrimba
  • Dairy Nutrition for Udder Success: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Build a Multi-Page Website with Frontend Mentor, HTML, and CSS: Scrimba
  • Automating the Deployment of Networks with Terraform: Google Cloud
  • Microservices Design, Communication, and Data Handling: Packt
  • React Beginner Project: Build a Movie Search App: Scrimba
  • Beginner's Guide to Unit Testing: Scrimba
  • Building a Large-Scale, Automated Forecasting System: SAS
  • Tableau Data Analysis and Visualization: Packt

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