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      Università di Napoli Federico II

      Financial Markets

      Skills you'll gain: Market Liquidity, Derivatives, Securities Trading, Financial Regulation, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), FinTech, Financial Systems, Banking, Financial Trading, Financial Services, Market Dynamics, Finance, Actuarial Science, Commercial Banking, Investments, Futures Exchange, Financial Statements, Risk Modeling, Equities

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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      CertNexus

      Detect and Mitigate Ethical Risks

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Accountability, Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Information Privacy, Risk Mitigation, Safety and Security, Business Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Cybersecurity Risk Management Across Critical Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Policies, Cyber Risk, Risk Management, Cyber Governance, Cyber Attacks, Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Mitigation, Cyber Security Strategy, Stakeholder Communications, Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Security Management, Risk Analysis, Cyber Security Assessment, Threat Modeling, Information Assurance, Risk Modeling, Governance, Vulnerability Assessments

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Fraud Detection and Compliance

      Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Responsible AI, Regulatory Requirements, Compliance Management, Governance, Business Risk Management, Risk Management, Data Ethics, Anomaly Detection, Artificial Intelligence, Forecasting

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      31 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Cybersecurity & Data Privacy for Technical Product Managers

      Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Agile Methodology, Security Management, Cyber Security Policies, Cyber Security Assessment, Technical Management, Performance Metric, Risk Management

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Pearson

      Practical Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Unit 1

      Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Network Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Cryptography, Encryption, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Infrastructure Security, Software-Defined Networking, Security Management, Identity and Access Management, Security Controls, Computer Networking, System Monitoring, Authorization (Computing), Authentications

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      SAS

      Practicing for the SAS Programming Certification Exam

      Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Data Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Transformation

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      94 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Amazon Web Services

      Automation in the AWS Cloud

      Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS CloudFormation, IT Automation, Scripting, Bash (Scripting Language), Amazon Web Services, Command-Line Interface, Configuration Management, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Automation, Continuous Monitoring, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Management, Continuous Integration, Patch Management, Software Testing

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      76 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Splunk Inc.

      Splunk Knowledge Manager

      Skills you'll gain: Splunk, Data Modeling, Dashboard, Pivot Tables And Charts, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Interactive Data Visualization, Data Management, Database Management, Data Mapping, Performance Tuning, Incident Management, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation, Query Languages, Data Integration, Geospatial Mapping, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Business Analytics

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Fortinet, Inc.

      FortiAnalyzer Administrator

      Skills you'll gain: Event Monitoring, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Network Security, System Monitoring, System Configuration, Cybersecurity, Network Troubleshooting, Multi-Factor Authentication, Data Management, Data Storage

      4.1
      Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Digital Literacy: Introduction to Using Computers

      Skills you'll gain: File Management, Computer Literacy, Microsoft Office, Email Security, Computer Hardware, Computer Security Awareness Training, Spreadsheet Software, Information Management, Safety and Security, Cybersecurity

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      SkillUp

      Data Integration, Data Storage, & Data Migration

      Skills you'll gain: Data Migration, Cloud Storage, Data Management, Data Integration, Data Storage, Data Infrastructure, Data Architecture, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Security, Data Pipelines, Disaster Recovery

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux security courses

    • Financial Markets: Università di Napoli Federico II
    • Detect and Mitigate Ethical Risks: CertNexus
    • Cybersecurity Risk Management Across Critical Systems: University of Maryland, College Park
    • GenAI for Fraud Detection and Compliance: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Cybersecurity & Data Privacy for Technical Product Managers: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Practical Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Unit 1: Pearson
    • Practicing for the SAS Programming Certification Exam: SAS
    • Automation in the AWS Cloud: Amazon Web Services
    • Splunk Knowledge Manager: Splunk Inc.
    • FortiAnalyzer Administrator: Fortinet, Inc.

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