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 Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Compliance Training, Compliance Management, Regulatory Compliance, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Medical Privacy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Legal Risk, Information Privacy, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Personally Identifiable Information, Regulatory Requirements, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Internal Communications, Procedure Development, Data Security, Continuous Monitoring, Health Information Management, Risk Management, Business Strategy
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI literacy, Responsible AI, AI Enablement, Generative AI, Model Evaluation, Workforce Development, Context Engineering, Job Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Quality Management, Project Closure, Team Management, Project Management, Product Quality (QA/QC), Project Management Life Cycle, Quality Assessment, Quality Assurance, Team Leadership, Project Controls, Project Implementation, Issue Tracking, Team Building, Project Coordination, Leadership and Management, Project Management Software, Project Risk Management, Data Storytelling, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Star Schema, Microsoft SQL Servers, Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Data Warehousing, Database Development, Query Languages, Transact-SQL, Data Integrity, Power BI, Business Intelligence, Performance Tuning, Generative AI
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fractal Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, AI Security, AI Integrations, Tool Calling, IT Security Architecture, Generative AI Agents, Security Engineering, Context Management, Interoperability, Agentic systems, Enterprise Security, Authorization (Computing), Generative AI
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

New York Institute of Finance
Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Financial Trading, Deep Learning, Portfolio Management, Machine Learning Methods, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Model Training, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Software, Applied Machine Learning, Model Optimization, Markov Model, Securities Trading, Model Deployment, Risk Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Agentic Workflows, Generative AI, Email Automation, Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, ChatGPT, AI Personalization, Expense Management, Expense Reports, AI Orchestration, AI literacy, Workflow Management, Tool Calling, Google Sheets, AI Integrations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: SQL, Query Languages, Database Management, PostgreSQL, Data Access, Data Manipulation
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Minnesota
Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Machine Learning Algorithms, Predictive Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Unsupervised Learning, Data Mining, Algorithms, Correlation Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Windows, Patch Management, Windows Servers, Security Controls, Microsoft Servers, Operating System Administration, Performance Tuning, Hardening, Server Administration, Security Software, Servers, Systems Administration, Disaster Recovery, System Monitoring, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Azure, Package and Software Management, Computer Networking, Cloud API
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Methods, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Image Analysis, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Agentic systems, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Semantic Web, AI literacy, Natural Language Processing, Embedded Systems, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Supervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Embedded Software, Algorithms, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Fine-tuning, Large Language Modeling, Generative Model Architectures, Model Optimization, Prompt Engineering, Model Training, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks