System Hardening Courses and Certifications

Security Hardening

12 ratings at Coursera

Learn OS, network, and cloud hardening techniques that shrink attack surface, target network vulnerabilities, and secure applications running on cloud infrastructure.

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

Zero-Trust Linux Administration: Complete Root Sudo Security

32 ratings at Udemy

Advanced sudo policies, root access control, security logging & privilege escalation mitigation

• Udemy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Cyber Security Hardening

As the world becomes more and more connected and technology becomes even more ingrained into business and home life, properly protecting that infrastructure has become more important than ever before.

• INE
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Security Engineering and System Hardening Bootcamp

As the world becomes more and more connected and technology becomes even more ingrained into business and home life, properly protecting that infrastructure has become more important than ever before.

• INE
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Secure Coding for Embedded Systems

Secure embedded systems through C coding, threat modeling, I/O sanitization, system hardening, secure boot, TLS, and authenticated over-the-air updates.

• Udacity
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enterprise Endpoint Security

In this course, you will learn about how to craft Enterprise level Endpoint security policies and hardening strategies.

• Udacity
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

7382 ratings at Coursera

Learn how networks are built and defended: network architecture, TCP/IP and common protocols, intrusion tactics, firewalls, VPNs, and system and cloud hardening techniques.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Complete Cyber Security Course : End Point Protection!

7116 ratings at Udemy

Volume 4 :Become a Cyber Security Specialist, Antivirus & Malware, Disk Encryption, Finding & Removing Hackers & Malware

• Udemy
• 16 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Course

Secure a Kubernetes cluster end to end: apply NetworkPolicies and RBAC, harden the kernel with AppArmor and Seccomp, scan images with Trivy, and audit runtime activity.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Scan networks and web apps with Nmap, Nikto and open-source scanners, score and validate findings, then design patch cycles, hardening, and remediation dashboards.

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

Linux Security: Securing Linux Operating Systems

Harden Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS on-premises and in the cloud: apply updates, manage services with systemctl, and secure GRUB with AppArmor and SELinux.

• Coursera
• 5 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Linux Networking and Security

Configure Linux network interfaces and routing, diagnose DNS and connectivity issues, capture traffic with tcpdump, and harden systems with SSH keys, firewalls, nmap, and Fail2ban.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Starweaver

Cyber Defense Fundamentals: Your Path to a Security Career

Learn how organizations defend against phishing, malware and ransomware: network defense architecture, endpoint hardening, threat detection, and firewall rule configuration and traffic filtering.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Endpoint & Wireless Security

Harden endpoints and secure wireless networks: analyze malware types, apply antivirus, EDR and application whitelisting, and configure WPA3 and 802.1X/RADIUS authentication in hands-on labs.

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

Board Infinity

Enterprise Automation and Advanced Use Cases with Ansible

Scale Ansible across the enterprise: build dynamic inventories, automate CIS and STIG compliance hardening, wire playbooks into CI/CD pipelines, and govern automation with Tower/AAP Controller.

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