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.

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Presentation, Statistical Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, R (Software), Data Storytelling, Social Network Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Model Evaluation, Statistical Visualization, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Web Scraping, Statistical Modeling, Data Preprocessing
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Illinois Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Data Storytelling, Serverless Computing, Javascript and jQuery, Network Troubleshooting, Database Management Systems, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Open Source Technology, Cloud-Native Computing, Project Scoping, Networking Hardware, Virtualization, Unified Modeling Language, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Computer Hardware, Design Thinking, Team Oriented, DevSecOps
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years
Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Data Presentation, Data Storytelling, Network Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Predictive Modeling, Looker (Software), Data Visualization, Dashboard, Marketing Analytics, Cash Flows, Product Marketing, Financial Statement Analysis, Transfer Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Random Forest Algorithm, Operations Research, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling
Credit offered
Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Workspace, Gmail, Technical Support, File Management, Security Requirements Analysis, Issue Tracking, Cloud Storage, Event Monitoring, Technical Communication, Systems Administration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Gmail, Google Workspace, Issue Tracking, Help Desk Support, System Support, Desktop Support, Technical Support, Email Security, Data Access, Event Monitoring, File Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks