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Data Security Courses

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.


Popular Data Security Courses and Certifications


  • G

    Google Cloud

    Troubleshooting and Solving Data Join Pitfalls

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Data Cleansing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Google Analytics, Data Integration, Data Manipulation, SQL, Database Administration

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
    P

    Packt

    General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

    Skills you'll gain: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Information Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Governance, Incident Response, Data Security, Accountability, Compliance Management, Data Processing, Data Sharing, Data Access, Regulatory Requirements, Informed Consent

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    M

    Microsoft

    Visualization for Data Analysis with Power BI

    Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Data Ethics, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Exploratory Data Analysis, Trend Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Scatter Plots, Forecasting, Geospatial Information and Technology, Root Cause Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    25 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Michigan

    Using Python to Access Web Data

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Restful API, Web Services, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Data Manipulation, Software Installation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    45K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Applying Data Analytics in Accounting

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Accounting, Data Management, Internal Controls, Internal Auditing, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Auditing, Financial Auditing, Fraud detection, Data Quality, Accounting Software, Data Integrity, Pandas (Python Package), Emerging Technologies, Data Analysis, Analytics, Automation, GitHub, Python Programming, Natural Language Processing

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    74 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    M

    MathWorks

    Data Processing and Feature Engineering with MATLAB

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Integration, Data Preprocessing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Plot (Graphics), Matlab, Data Processing, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Text Mining, Predictive Modeling, Unstructured Data, Image Analysis, Natural Language Processing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    351 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Essential Causal Inference Techniques for Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning Methods, R Programming, Statistical Inference, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Statistical Methods, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    39 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    M

    Microsoft

    Data Manipulation and Transactions in SQL Server

    Skills you'll gain: Transaction Processing, Database Management, Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Data Manipulation, Relational Databases, Data Integrity, Generative AI, Performance Tuning

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    29 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    M

    Macquarie University

    Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Sample Size Determination, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Spreadsheet Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Box Plots, Probability Distribution, Histogram, Data Visualization Software, Variance Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    EDUCBA

    Hadoop Projects: Analyze & Optimize Big Data

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Database Design, Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Scalability, Data Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Query Languages, Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Data Management, Analytics, Business Intelligence

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    EDUCBA

    Splunk Knowledge Objects: Analyze & Visualize Data

    Skills you'll gain: Splunk, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Unstructured Data, Data Visualization Software, Data Modeling, Dashboard, Text Mining, Data Wrangling, Taxonomy, Management Reporting, Data Integration, Data Transformation, Workflow Management, Statistical Reporting, Data Manipulation, Event Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Scheduling

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Codio

    C++: Data Structures and Algorithms

    Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Data Structures, C++ (Programming Language), C and C++, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Technical Design, Theoretical Computer Science

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Troubleshooting and Solving Data Join Pitfalls: Google Cloud
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Packt
  • Visualization for Data Analysis with Power BI: Microsoft
  • Using Python to Access Web Data: University of Michigan
  • Applying Data Analytics in Accounting: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Data Processing and Feature Engineering with MATLAB: MathWorks
  • Essential Causal Inference Techniques for Data Science: Coursera
  • Data Manipulation and Transactions in SQL Server: Microsoft
  • Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Essentials: Macquarie University
  • Hadoop Projects: Analyze & Optimize Big Data: EDUCBA

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