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.

Whizlabs
Skills you'll gain: Chef (Configuration Management Tool), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Development Testing, Software Installation, Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, DevSecOps, System Support, Configuration Management, Automation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Code Review, Open Source Technology, GitHub, Scientific Methods, Bioinformatics, Technical Documentation, Informatics, Clinical Informatics, R (Software), Data Analysis, Programming Principles, R Programming, Version Control, Integrated Development Environments
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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: System Monitoring, Google Workspace, Cloud Management, Endpoint Security, Network Troubleshooting, Security Management, Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, Compliance Auditing, Incident Management, Data Security, Configuration Management, User Provisioning, Taking Meeting Minutes, Annual Reports
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Google Cloud Platform, Data Quality, Data Validation, Data Processing, Apache Spark, Data Transformation, Database Management, Scalability, Event Monitoring, Serverless Computing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Governance, Operational Databases, Metadata Management, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Advanced Analytics, Cloud Storage, Data Integration, Data Security, Analytics, Data Processing, Applied Machine Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Continuous Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Assessment, Cyber Attacks, Event Monitoring, Data Security, Vulnerability, System Monitoring, Analysis, Network Security, Network Monitoring, Criminal Investigation and Forensics, Linux Commands, System Configuration, Bash (Scripting Language), Python Programming, Scripting, Linux, Scripting Languages
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, MongoDB, Query Languages, Metadata Management, Performance Tuning, Embeddings, Data Pipelines
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Strategy, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Digital Media Strategy, Marketing Planning, Customer Insights, Content Performance Analysis, Driving engagement, Plan Execution, Earned Media, Content Creation, Content Strategy, Owned Media, Paid media, Goal Setting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Spring Framework, Software Architecture, Microservices, Spring Boot, Cloud Applications, Event-Driven Programming, Java Programming, Restful API, Performance Tuning, MongoDB, Web Applications, Scalability, Real Time Data, Resilience, Integration Testing, Performance Management, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Unstructured Data, Tensorflow, Model Deployment, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Pipelines, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Authentications, Hardening, Key Management, Data Security, Cloud Security, Security Management, Security Controls, Encryption, Authorization (Computing), Identity and Access Management, Data Management, Server Administration, System Configuration, Servers, Configuration Management, Database Management, Command-Line Interface
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks