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      University of Colorado System

      DDoS Attacks and Defenses

      Skills you'll gain: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Malware Protection, Security Engineering, Network Security, Threat Detection, Firewall, Code Review, Network Routing, Proxy Servers, Linux, Internet Of Things

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      169 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Cloudera

      Analyzing Big Data with SQL

      Skills you'll gain: SQL, Apache Hive, Big Data, MySQL, Databases, PostgreSQL, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Virtual Machines

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      530 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      Core 2: OS, Software, Security and Operational Procedures

      Skills you'll gain: Operating System Administration, Desktop Support, Operating Systems, Command-Line Interface, Technical Support and Services, System Support, Help Desk Support, Mobile Security, Network Security, Microsoft Windows, Technical Support, Mac OS, Linux, System Configuration, Network Administration, Software Installation, Firewall, Encryption, Malware Protection

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      65 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Learn Man in the Middle Attacks from Scratch

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Threat Detection, General Networking, Vulnerability Management, Linux, Linux Administration, Virtual Machines, Network Analysis

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Offensive Hacking Unfolded - Become a Pro Pentester

      Skills you'll gain: Exploitation techniques, Metasploit, Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning, Security Testing, Cybersecurity, Virtual Machines, Technical Writing, Web Servers, Linux

      4
      Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Whizlabs

      Automation with Ansible

      Skills you'll gain: Ansible, Devops Tools, Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps, YAML, Linux, Virtual Machines, Command-Line Interface, Cloud Infrastructure, Encryption, System Configuration

      3.2
      Rating, 3.2 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Hacking and Patching

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Application Security, Vulnerability Scanning, Secure Coding, Exploitation techniques, Software Design Patterns, Vulnerability Assessments, Amazon Web Services, SQL, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Operating Systems, C (Programming Language)

      4
      Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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      276 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of London

      Introduction to Computer Security

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Commands, Computer Systems, Command-Line Interface, Cybersecurity, Computer Architecture, Network Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Hardware Architecture, Application Security, Threat Detection, Authorization (Computing), Network Protocols, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Operating Systems, Authentications, Network Monitoring, TCP/IP, Network Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      37 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Embedded Software and Hardware Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Debugging, Data Structures, System Programming, Microarchitecture, C (Programming Language), Hardware Architecture, Computer Architecture, Integrated Development Environments, Software Design, Maintainability, System Configuration, Development Environment, Peripheral Devices

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      523 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Comprehensive Cloud Computing Foundations

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Linux, Ubuntu, Operating System Administration, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Scalability, Cloud Security, Servers, Web Servers, Apache, Firewall, PHP (Scripting Language)

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Illinois Tech

      Introduction to Open Source Software

      Skills you'll gain: Open Source Technology, Package and Software Management, Linux, Shell Script, Ubuntu, Unix Shell, Linux Administration, Operating System Administration, Bash (Scripting Language), Unix, Operating Systems, Command-Line Interface, Scripting, Linux Commands, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, File Systems, System Configuration, Database Management, General Networking, Network Security

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      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Cisco Learning and Certifications

      Network Security

      Skills you'll gain: Network Security, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Malware Protection, Network Monitoring, Network Administration, TCP/IP, Network Infrastructure, Infrastructure Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Protocols, Load Balancing, Firewall, Vulnerability Assessments, General Networking, Authorization (Computing), Web Applications, Authentications

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      707 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • DDoS Attacks and Defenses: University of Colorado System
    • Analyzing Big Data with SQL: Cloudera
    • Core 2: OS, Software, Security and Operational Procedures: IBM
    • Learn Man in the Middle Attacks from Scratch: Packt
    • Offensive Hacking Unfolded - Become a Pro Pentester: Packt
    • Automation with Ansible: Whizlabs
    • Hacking and Patching: University of Colorado System
    • Introduction to Computer Security: University of London
    • Embedded Software and Hardware Architecture: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Comprehensive Cloud Computing Foundations: Packt

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