Cloud security courses can help you learn about risk management, data protection strategies, compliance frameworks, and identity and access management. You can build skills in threat detection, incident response, and implementing security protocols across various cloud environments. Many courses introduce tools such as AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, and Google Cloud Security Command Center, showing how these tools support the skills you develop in safeguarding cloud infrastructure and ensuring data integrity.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Application Security, Data Security, Firewall, Cyber Attacks, Data Encryption Standard, Penetration Testing, Network Security, Information Assurance, Encryption, Risk Management Framework, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Information Systems Security, Secure Coding, Security Controls, Exploitation techniques, Software Design Patterns
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Real-Time Operating Systems, Internet Of Things, Wireless Networks, General Networking, Cybersecurity, IBM Cloud, Cloud Platforms, Cryptography, Automation, Emerging Technologies, Software-Defined Networking, Market Analysis
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Virtual Networking, Network Monitoring, Google Cloud Platform, Containerization, Network Performance Management, Software-Defined Networking, Wide Area Networks, Cloud Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Routing, Network Architecture, Real Time Data, Performance Management
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: AI Security, Responsible AI, Information Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Security, Anomaly Detection, Threat Modeling, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Threat Hunting, Cybersecurity, Cyber Risk, Security Strategy, Cyber Governance, Security Awareness, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Security Management, Security Software, AI Product Strategy, Generative AI
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Windows Servers, Authorization (Computing), Microsoft Windows, Authentications, Operating System Administration, User Accounts, Group Policy, Microsoft Servers, Security Controls, Enterprise Security, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, Servers, Computer Security, System Configuration, Encryption
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Network Security, Network Protocols, Network Architecture, TCP/IP, Web Applications, Computer Networking, Encryption, Network Infrastructure, Innovation, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Cloud Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, AI Security, Cloud Security, Generative AI Agents, Security Strategy, System Configuration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Computing, Virtualization, Data Store, Software Systems, Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, Virtual Machines, Scalability, Apache Hadoop
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

AI CERTs
Skills you'll gain: Vulnerability Management, Encryption
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: User Provisioning, User Accounts, Mobile Security, Cloud Computing, Security Controls, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Security, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On (SSO), System Configuration, Multi-Factor Authentication, Data Loss Prevention
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Royal Holloway, University of London
Skills you'll gain: Computer Security Incident Management, Linux, Network Security, Cyber Governance, OSI Models, Incident Management, Incident Response, Security Management, Linux Commands, TCP/IP, Computer Systems, Threat Modeling, Command-Line Interface, Network Protocols, Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Strategy, Human Factors (Security), Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Attacks
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux, Linux Servers, Operating System Administration, User Accounts, Linux Commands, User Provisioning, Systems Administration, System Configuration, Hardening, Security Controls, Authorization (Computing), Computer Security, Network Administration, Authentications
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months