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Software Security Courses

Software security courses can help you learn secure coding practices, vulnerability assessment, threat modeling, and incident response strategies. You can build skills in risk analysis, penetration testing, and implementing security protocols across various software environments. Many courses introduce tools like static and dynamic analysis software, intrusion detection systems, and security frameworks, showing how these tools enhance your ability to protect applications from potential threats.


Popular Software Security Courses and Certifications


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    IBM

    IBM Ethical Hacking with Open Source Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Threat Detection, Penetration Testing, Exploit development, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Management, Incident Response, Vulnerability Scanning, Cyber Security Assessment, Vulnerability Assessments, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Vulnerability Management, Network Monitoring, Bash (Scripting Language), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Troubleshooting, Anomaly Detection, Information Systems Security, Cyber Security Policies, Network Analysis

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    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    AWS Networking, Compute & IAM Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Identity and Access Management, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Virtual Networking, Network Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Authentications, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-Factor Authentication, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, Containerization, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Workday

    Workday Basics Series

    Skills you'll gain: Workday (Software), No-Code Development, Branding

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Introduction to User Experience Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Centered Design, Usability, Requirements Analysis, UI/UX Research, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability Testing, User Research

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Cyber Threats and Attack Vectors

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Authentications, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, Security Awareness, Cyber Attacks, Network Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Identity and Access Management, Human Factors (Security), Software As A Service

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM RAG and Agentic AI

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Model Context Protocol, LangChain, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic Workflows, Tool Calling, LangGraph, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Multimodal Prompts, Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, Vector Databases, OpenAI API, Embeddings, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Software Development

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    Advanced · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Google Cloud Database Engineer

    Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Deployment, Prompt Engineering, Kubernetes, Containerization, Database Architecture and Administration, MySQL, Cloud Computing Architecture, Dataflow, PostgreSQL, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Deployment, Data Migration, Cloud Management, Cloud Security, Cloud Applications, Operational Databases, Database Design, Database Management

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    Cybersecurity Compliance Framework, Standards & Regulations

    Skills you'll gain: IT Service Management, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Responsible AI, NIST 800-53, Information Technology, Regulatory Compliance, Auditing, Cybersecurity, Compliance Management, ISO/IEC 27001, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Security Controls, Artificial Intelligence, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Risk Management, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Infosec

    OWASP Top 10 - 2021

    Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Authentications, Vulnerability Assessments, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Event Monitoring, Secure Coding, Security Controls, Hardening, Data Integrity, Security Testing, System Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Patch Management, Threat Modeling, Exploitation techniques, Authorization (Computing), Cryptography, Extensible Markup Language (XML), System Configuration

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of London

    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Science, Debugging, Development Environment, Computer Systems, Web Applications, Arithmetic, Computer Literacy, Javascript, Network Security, Computer Networking, Computer Programming Tools, Applied Mathematics, Computer Graphics, Web Design and Development, Software Development Tools, Cybersecurity, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, General Mathematics, Problem Solving

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Vanderbilt University

    Introduction to Programming with MATLAB

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Matlab, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Debugging, Mathematical Software, Development Environment, Computer Science, User Interface (UI), Data Structures, Engineering Calculations, Plot (Graphics), Problem Solving

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Persistent Data, Monitoring & Cost Optimization in AKS

    Skills you'll gain: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Cloud Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Capacity Management, Application Performance Management, Virtual Networking, API Gateway, Scalability, Large Language Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • IBM Ethical Hacking with Open Source Tools: IBM
  • AWS Networking, Compute & IAM Architecture: Packt
  • Workday Basics Series: Workday
  • Introduction to User Experience Design : Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Cyber Threats and Attack Vectors: University of Colorado System
  • IBM RAG and Agentic AI: IBM
  • Google Cloud Database Engineer: Google Cloud
  • Cybersecurity Compliance Framework, Standards & Regulations: IBM
  • OWASP Top 10 - 2021: Infosec
  • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming: University of London

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