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.

Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, Network Administration, Software Installation, System Configuration, Servers, Virtual Machines
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Secure Coding, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Software, Security Testing, Cybersecurity, Collaborative Software, Threat Modeling, Debugging, Systems Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Desktop Support, End User Training and Support, Help Desk Support, Patient Communication, Health Informatics, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Technical Support, Information Technology, Health Information Management, Issue Tracking, Electronic Medical Record, Medical Privacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Data Modeling, Database Management Systems, Data Visualization, Database Management, Dashboard, Business Process Management, SQL, Star Schema, Data Governance, Oracle Databases, Data Integration, Performance Measurement, MicroStrategy, Extract, Transform, Load, Business Analytics
Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Google Gemini, Generative AI, Google Cloud Platform, AI Enablement, AI Orchestration, Google Workspace, AI Product Strategy, AI Security, Agentic Workflows, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Unstructured Data, Cloud Platforms, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), AI Workflows, Strategic Planning, Cloud Computing, Collaboration
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Containerization, DevOps, Kubernetes, Command-Line Interface, CI/CD, Application Deployment, YAML, Microservices, Virtual Machines, Software Installation, Network Architecture
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Unstructured Data, Big Data, Web Scraping, Model Evaluation, Web Analytics and SEO, Machine Learning, Information Architecture, Probability & Statistics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Workspace, Collaborative Software, System Configuration, Communication, Cloud Platforms
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Storage, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Unix Shell
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Kubernetes, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Web Services, AWS CloudFormation, DevOps, Load Balancing, Containerization, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Scientific Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Data Presentation, Graphing, Scatter Plots, Data Manipulation, Histogram, NumPy, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Alibaba Cloud Academy
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Network Security, Network Architecture, Data Security, Application Security, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Linux, Firewall, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Encryption
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months