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  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of Colorado System

    Software Design Threats and Mitigations

    Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Software Design, Threat Modeling, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Secure Coding, Software Design Patterns, Software Architecture, Cryptography, Blockchain, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    93 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Securing and Integrating Components of Your App - Español

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Application Development, Google Cloud Platform, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Cloud-Based Integration, Serverless Computing, Authentications, OAuth, Identity and Access Management, Secure Coding, Microservices, Node.JS, Restful API, Event-Driven Programming, Authorization (Computing), Natural Language Processing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of Colorado System

    Software Requirements Prioritization: Risk Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Security Requirements Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Risk Management Framework, Risking, User Requirements Documents, Scalability, Verification And Validation, Software Visualization, Safety and Security

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    113 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Trust and Security with Google Cloud - Español

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Data Security, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Encryption, Network Security, Google Cloud Platform, Authorization (Computing), Authentications, Threat Detection, Data Storage, Identity and Access Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Software Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Requirements Analysis, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Acceptance Testing, Software Development Methodologies, Unified Modeling Language, Software Development Life Cycle, Configuration Management, Software Quality Assurance, Debugging, Software Design, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Object Oriented Design, Functional Requirement, Data Modeling, Systems Design, Project Management, Project Planning

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    563 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Status: AI skills
    AI skills
    A

    Amazon

    Amazon Junior Software Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Software Development Methodologies, JUnit, Requirements Analysis, Version Control, Application Development, Software Development Life Cycle, SQL, Full-Stack Web Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Software Development, Restful API, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Database Management, MySQL, Digital Transformation, Relational Databases, Java Programming, Generative AI

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    436 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    IBM

    Introduction to Software Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Software Design, Scrum (Software Development), Software Engineering, Software Design Patterns, Agile Methodology, Software Development, Unified Modeling Language, Full-Stack Web Development, Programming Principles, Back-End Web Development, Front-End Web Development, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Python Programming

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    4.1K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    E

    Erasmus University Rotterdam

    International Security Management

    Skills you'll gain: Security Management, Intelligence Collection and Analysis, International Relations, Public Safety and National Security, Safety and Security, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Governance, Cultural Diversity, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    1.3K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    IBM

    Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Linux Commands, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Flask (Web Framework), Software Design, Unit Testing, Version Control, File Management, Scrum (Software Development), Software Engineering, Linux, Application Deployment, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Web Scraping, Python Programming

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    50K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of Alberta

    Software Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Unified Modeling Language, Systems Architecture, Software Design, Software Design Documents, Software Visualization, Solution Architecture, Software Development, Software Documentation, Software Design Patterns, Enterprise Architecture, Maintainability, Scalability, Databases

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    933 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
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    U

    University of Minnesota

    Software Development Lifecycle

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Agile Software Development, Software Design Patterns, Design Thinking, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design, Agile Methodology, Agile Project Management, Process Mapping, Software Engineering, Kanban Principles, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Quality Assurance, Application Security, Scrum (Software Development), Object Oriented Design, Software Architecture, User Experience Design, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Requirements Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    9.8K reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: New
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    Status: Free Trial
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    Pearson

    CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005: Unit 7

    Skills you'll gain: Firewall, Linux Administration, Authorization (Computing), Linux Servers, Security Controls, Linux, Hardening, Authentications, Network Security, Linux Commands, System Configuration, Servers, Server Administration, Encryption, Command-Line Interface

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Software Design Threats and Mitigations: University of Colorado System
  • Securing and Integrating Components of Your App - Español: Google Cloud
  • Software Requirements Prioritization: Risk Analysis: University of Colorado System
  • Trust and Security with Google Cloud - Español: Google Cloud
  • Software Engineering: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Amazon Junior Software Developer: Amazon
  • Introduction to Software Engineering: IBM
  • International Security Management: Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals: IBM
  • Software Architecture: University of Alberta

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