Network security courses can help you learn about firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption protocols. You can build skills in risk assessment, incident response, and vulnerability management. Many courses introduce tools like Wireshark for network analysis, Nessus for vulnerability scanning, and various security information and event management (SIEM) systems, showing how these skills are applied in practical work to protect networks from cyber threats.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Systems Engineering, Verification And Validation, Systems Architecture, Configuration Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Design, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Systems Integration, Change Control, Requirements Analysis, Maintainability, Human Factors
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Transaction Processing, Data Persistence, Performance Tuning, System Programming, Operating Systems, C++ (Programming Language), System Configuration, Computer Architecture, Data Storage, Computer Hardware, Data Storage Technologies, Application Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Digital pedagogy, Education Software and Technology, User Centered Design, Requirements Analysis, digital literacy, Virtual Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Edureka
Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Prometheus (Software), Grafana, Software Architecture, CI/CD
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewall, Network Security, Threat Detection, Infrastructure Security, Virtual Networking, Cloud Security, Cyber Security Policies, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Email Security, File Management, Control Panels, Web Analytics and SEO, MySQL, Apache, Cloud Hosting, Public Key Infrastructure, User Accounts, Data Security, Encryption, Database Management, Web Servers, Email Automation, System Configuration, PHP (Scripting Language), Server Administration, Performance Tuning, Content Management, Data Storage
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Storage, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Applications, Scalability, Database Management, Command-Line Interface, Virtualization, Linux Administration
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Infrastructure, Containerization, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing Architecture, Systems Development, Firewall, Application Deployment, Security Controls, Bash (Scripting Language)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Model Deployment, Keras (Neural Network Library), Feature Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Jupyter, Machine Learning Methods, Deep Learning, Data Preprocessing, Embeddings
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Preprocessing, Model Deployment, Jenkins, Apache Mahout, AI Security, Applied Machine Learning, Classification Algorithms, Java, Continuous Deployment, Java Programming, Federated Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Model Evaluation, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Spring Boot, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Hosting, AWS Kinesis, Cloud Applications, Amazon DynamoDB, Secure Coding, Cloud Deployment, Command-Line Interface, Cloud Development, Scalability, Microservices, Serverless Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Storage Technologies
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Auditing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks