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      Pearson

      CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 1

      Skills you'll gain: Audit Planning, Auditing, Information Assurance, Compliance Auditing, Security Controls, Risk Management Framework, Data Validation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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

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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM Data Warehouse Engineer

      Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, SQL, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Linux Commands, Database Design, IBM Cognos Analytics, MySQL, Database Administration, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, IBM DB2, Data Visualization, Relational Databases, Dashboard

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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Identity and Access Management, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Prompt Engineering, Application Deployment, Cloud Storage, Containerization, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Computing, CI/CD, Terraform, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Security, Cloud Management, Cloud Services, Load Balancing, Service Level Agreement, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Planning And Design

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      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      LearnQuest

      GenAI for Cybersecurity: Blue Team

      Skills you'll gain: Cyber Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Threat Detection, Anomaly Detection, Computer Security Incident Management, Scripting, Cyber Operations, Event Monitoring, Network Analysis, Network Monitoring, Automation, Machine Learning Algorithms

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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

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      Palo Alto Networks

      Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundation

      Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Network Security, Zero Trust Network Access, Malware Protection, Firewall, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Endpoint Security, Cloud Security, System Configuration, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service, Cryptography, Authentications, Artificial Intelligence

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Pearson

      Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

      Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Vulnerability Assessments, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Vulnerability Management, Network Security, Cryptography, Penetration Testing, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Assessment, Malware Protection, Mobile Security, Threat Modeling, Threat Detection, Encryption, Cloud Security, Web Applications, Internet Of Things, Cloud Computing, Network Architecture

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Pearson

      Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 7

      Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Encryption, Cloud Security, Cyber Security Assessment, Data Encryption Standard, Cloud Computing, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Security, Key Management, Public Key Infrastructure

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      BI Foundations with SQL, ETL and Data Warehousing

      Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Linux Commands, SQL, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Data Visualization, Dashboard, File Management, Star Schema, IBM DB2, Business Intelligence, Interactive Data Visualization, Relational Databases, Stored Procedure, Databases

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      JWT Authentication Bootcamp with Java & Spring Boot

      Skills you'll gain: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Postman API Platform, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Restful API, Java Programming, Spring Boot, User Accounts, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Security, Back-End Web Development, Web Applications

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Meta

      Meta Full-Stack Developer

      Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Django (Web Framework), Version Control, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, Unix Commands, HTML and CSS, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), React.js, Mobile Development, SQL, Database Design, API Design, Linux Commands, Python Programming

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    • CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor: Unit 1: Pearson
    • Introduction to Cybersecurity & Risk Management: University of California, Irvine
    • IBM Data Warehouse Engineer: IBM
    • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect: Google Cloud
    • GenAI for Cybersecurity: Blue Team: LearnQuest
    • Cybersecurity Threats and Defense: LearnKartS
    • Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Foundation: Palo Alto Networks
    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Pearson
    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 7: Pearson
    • BI Foundations with SQL, ETL and Data Warehousing: IBM

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