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.

Tsinghua University
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Algorithms, Pseudocode, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Medical Imaging, Image Analysis, Unstructured Data, Health Informatics, Big Data, Health Information Management and Medical Records, Text Mining, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Health Care, Data Ethics, Natural Language Processing, Medical Science and Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Histogram, Data Transformation, Data Processing, Apache Kafka, JSON, MySQL, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Probability & Statistics, Finance, Financial Statements, Microsoft Excel, Descriptive Statistics, Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, Box Plots, Probability Distribution, Data Visualization, Probability, Statistics, Ledgers (Accounting), Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Business Mathematics, Financial Management, Data Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Tsinghua University
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Programming Principles, Computer Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Generative AI, Data Ethics, Prompt Engineering, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Plotly, Responsible AI, Data Visualization Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Data Integrity
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Big Data, Jupyter, Pandas (Python Package), People Analytics
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Tableau Software, Presentations, Verbal Communication Skills, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Stakeholder Communications, Spatial Analysis, Trend Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Graph Theory, Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Theoretical Computer Science, Network Model, Programming Principles, Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Computational Thinking, Analysis, Computer Science, Network Routing, Probability, Pseudocode, Computational Logic, Operations Research
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Feature Engineering, Data Lakes, Real Time Data, Tensorflow, Data Governance, Model Deployment, Data Warehousing, Apache Spark, Dashboard, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Infrastructure, Data Architecture, Big Data, Serverless Computing, Unstructured Data, Applied Machine Learning, Cloud Deployment
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Data Preprocessing, Box Plots, Anomaly Detection, Heat Maps, Plotly, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Histogram, Generative AI, Model Evaluation, Data Literacy, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Scientific Methods, Descriptive Statistics, Data Storytelling, Statistics, Data Analysis, Data Ethics, Experimentation, Data Science, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Research Design, Statistical Visualization, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months