Data security courses can help you learn encryption techniques, risk assessment strategies, incident response planning, and compliance regulations. You can build skills in vulnerability management, threat detection, and secure coding practices. Many courses introduce tools like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and data loss prevention software, demonstrating how these skills are applied to protect sensitive information and maintain system integrity.

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Surveys, Research Methodologies, Data Collection, Survey Creation, Research Design, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Big Data
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Cloud Security, Network Security, Threat Detection, Proxy Servers, Network Monitoring, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Troubleshooting, Firewall, Google Cloud Platform, Security Controls, Continuous Monitoring, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Networking, Cloud Infrastructure
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Data Transformation, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Integration, Data Wrangling, Predictive Modeling
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Cloudera
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, SQL, Apache Hive, Relational Databases, Databases, Database Management, Database Management Systems, Big Data, Database Systems, Amazon Web Services, MySQL, Data Management, Query Languages, Amazon S3, Apache Hadoop, Data Storage, NoSQL, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Storage, Data Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Business Intelligence Software, Business Intelligence, Power BI, Financial Reporting, Business Reporting, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Microsoft Excel, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Data Sharing, Data Validation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Data Modeling, Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, Performance Tuning, Business Intelligence Software, SQL, Data Analysis, Data Persistence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Exploratory Data Analysis, R (Software), Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Bayesian Statistics, R Programming, Data Analysis, Probability, Statistics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Descriptive Statistics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, STATA (Software), Scatter Plots, Plot (Graphics), Box Plots, Exploratory Data Analysis, Histogram, Descriptive Statistics, Heat Maps, Graphing, Probability Distribution
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Data Store, Data Storage, Data Storage Technologies, Query Languages, Vector Databases, Data Lakes, File Systems, Database Systems, SQL, Databases, Data Architecture, Cloud Storage, Data Warehousing, Amazon Web Services, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Data Infrastructure, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, Data Lakes, Data Storage Technologies, MongoDB, Databases, Data Ethics, Data Architecture, Database Management Systems, Distributed Computing, Data Processing, Cloud Computing
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Healthcare Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Medical Science and Research, Responsible AI, Clinical Research Ethics, Data Security, Data Science, Medical Privacy, Machine Learning Algorithms, Algorithms, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Information Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Diversity Awareness, Cybersecurity, Case Studies, Automation
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Health Informatics, Data Wrangling, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Data Preprocessing, Health Information Management and Medical Records, Health Policy, Data Processing, Data Compilation, Data Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Database Design, Medical Billing and Coding, Relational Databases, Data Integration, Spreadsheet Software
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks