Cisco Courses

Introduction to Cybersecurity

18 ratings

Discover the world of cybersecurity and its impact, as you uncover the most common threats, attacks and vulnerabilities.

• Cisco Networking Academy
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Security Operations Center (SOC)

373 ratings at Coursera

Learn how a security operations center works: SOC roles and staffing, deployment models, incident response services, security event data and tools, SOC metrics, and workflow automation.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cisco Packet Tracer

7 ratings

Gain real skills with our powerful network simulation tool where you practice networking, IoT, and cybersecurity skills in a virtual lab – no hardware needed!

• Independent
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

PCAP: Programming Essentials in Python

6 ratings

Learn Python from scratch: think algorithmically, design multi-module programs, model problems with object-oriented programming, and prepare for the PCEP and PCAP certifications.

• Cisco Networking Academy
• 75 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Networking Essentials

6 ratings

Learn basic networking concepts and skills you can put to use right away, no previous networking knowledge needed.

• Cisco Networking Academy
• 70 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Network Security

741 ratings at Coursera

Secure a network from both sides: configure NAT, ACLs, and AAA, deploy web application firewalls and NSM tools, then exploit TCP/IP weaknesses with MITM, spoofing, and DoS.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Network Automation Engineering Fundamentals

170 ratings at Coursera

Learn to run a NetDevOps environment: automate networks with APIs, Ansible playbooks, DevOps practices, and model-driven programmability.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Introduction to Network Automation

94 ratings at Coursera

Explore how network operations shift from CLI, Telnet, and SSH to programmatic interfaces, and interpret Python scripts using data types, modules, and packages to interact with devices.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Data Security

69 ratings at Coursera

Explore the data behind network security monitoring: SIEM and SOAR platforms, Security Onion, PCAP capture with Tcpdump, session and alert data, plus hashing, encryption and PKI.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Endpoints and Systems

68 ratings at Coursera

Explore Windows and Linux internals for security operations: processes, NTFS, the registry, file permissions, boot and service management, plus endpoint defenses like Windows Defender and host-based firewalls.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Threat Response

60 ratings at Coursera

Learn incident response planning: the incident response life cycle, US-CERT categories CAT 0–6, CSIRT frameworks and handling services, and documenting incidents with VERIS.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Network Fundamentals

42 ratings at Coursera

Build a foundation in networking concepts and architectures, covering network segmentation, routing policies, access-lists, traffic forwarding, important protocols, management approaches, and security principles.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Threat Investigation

41 ratings at Coursera

Investigate threats in a SOC: apply hunting maturity levels, CVSS v3.0 scoring, event correlation and normalization, Security Onion Sguil and ELSA, and playbook-driven monitoring.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Using APIs for Network Automation

36 ratings at Coursera

Learn to automate network devices through HTTP-based APIs: work with XML, JSON and YAML encoding, construct REST API calls, and script them with Python Requests.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Threat Analysis

36 ratings at Coursera

Analyze network security incidents in a threat-centric SOC using the kill chain and diamond models, MITRE ATT&CK, and Security Onion tools for log, NetFlow, and PCAP analysis.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course