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    Packt

    CPRA Compliance: A Practical Implementation Guide

    Skills you'll gain: Information Privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Security Requirements Analysis, Personally Identifiable Information, Incident Response, Compliance Management, Data Security, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Encryption, Data Management, Personal Attributes

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud DevOps Engr

    Skills you'll gain: Site Reliability Engineering, Kubernetes, Application Performance Management, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, System Monitoring, Prompt Engineering, Application Deployment, Identity and Access Management, CI/CD, Containerization, Cloud Storage, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Cloud Management, Service Level Agreement, Virtual Machines, Safety Culture, Network Monitoring, Culture Transformation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    54K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Starweaver

    Cybersecurity Governance: 16 Steps with NIST & ISO

    Skills you'll gain: Cyber Governance, ISO/IEC 27001, Continuous Monitoring, NIST 800-53, Compliance Management, Cyber Risk, Cyber Security Policies, Incident Response, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Event Monitoring, Cloud Management, Security Controls, Risk Management Framework, IT Management, Information Privacy, Security Awareness

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    EC-Council

    Network Defense Essentials (NDE)

    Skills you'll gain: Network Security, Mobile Security, Public Key Infrastructure, Cryptography, Security Controls, Cybersecurity, Authorization (Computing), Encryption, Identity and Access Management, Wireless Networks, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Network Monitoring, Data Security, Internet Of Things, Virtualization and Virtual Machines

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    118 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    IBM

    Applied Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Plotly, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package), Predictive Modeling, Data Science, Web Scraping, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Machine Learning

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    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    60K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    IBM & Darden Digital Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Business Strategy, Cloud Computing Architecture, Competitive Analysis, Cloud Services, Business Transformation, Cloud Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Big Data, Cloud Platforms, Data Analysis, Cloud Hosting, Statistical Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Computing, Generative AI, Cloud Development, Responsible AI, Data Science

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    49K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Amazon Web Services

    AWS Fundamentals: Your First Steps into the AWS Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Serverless Computing, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Amazon S3, Scalability, Event-Driven Programming, Data Migration, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Cloud Storage, Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, API Gateway, Public Cloud, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Software Architecture

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    6.7K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    University of California, Irvine

    Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management

    Skills you'll gain: Threat Modeling, Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning, Asset Protection, Risk Analysis, Business Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Security Strategy, Cyber Governance, Risk Mitigation, Vendor Management, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Management, Cyber Risk, Compliance Management, Asset Management, Disaster Recovery, Supplier Management, Security Awareness, Cyber Security Strategy

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    327 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Starweaver

    AI Agents for Cybersecurity

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, LLM Application, Threat Detection, Endpoint Detection and Response, Threat Modeling, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Threat Hunting, Generative AI Agents, Threat Management, Incident Response, Cyber Governance, Cyber Security Strategy, Data Ethics, Cyber Operations, Risking, Cybersecurity, Large Language Modeling, Cyber Security Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Technology Strategies

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnKartS

    Cybersecurity Threats and Defense

    Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Threat Management, Cyber Attacks, Threat Detection, Cloud Security, Disaster Recovery, Network Security, Malware Protection, Data Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Hardening, Systems Architecture, Encryption

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google

    Google IT Automation with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Version Control, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Debugging, Cloud Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Puppet (Configuration Management Tool), Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Services, Technical Communication, Unit Testing, Web Services, Email Automation, Automation, Python Programming, Interviewing Skills, Configuration Management, Professional Development, Scripting

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    51K reviews

    Advanced · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Meta

    Meta Web Development Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Django (Web Framework), Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Back-End Web Development, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), SQL, Database Design, Databases, Front-End Web Development, Database Administration, Unit Testing, MySQL, Debugging, Web Development, Computer Programming, Pseudocode, Communication

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    17K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • CPRA Compliance: A Practical Implementation Guide: Packt
  • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud DevOps Engr: Google Cloud
  • Cybersecurity Governance: 16 Steps with NIST & ISO: Starweaver
  • Network Defense Essentials (NDE): EC-Council
  • Applied Data Science: IBM
  • IBM & Darden Digital Strategy: IBM
  • AWS Fundamentals: Your First Steps into the AWS Cloud: Amazon Web Services
  • Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management: University of California, Irvine
  • AI Agents for Cybersecurity : Starweaver
  • Cybersecurity Threats and Defense: LearnKartS

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