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Security Engineer

Build the skills needed to outsmart cyber threats. This Nanodegree teaches you how to secure infrastructure, assess vulnerabilities, and apply top industry practices to protect your organization from digital attacks.

  • Nanodegree Program
  • Intermediate
  • 90 hours
  • 4.7 (33)
  • Updated: Dec 25, 2025

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  • Unlimited access to hundreds of top-rated courses
  • Hands-on projects with expert feedback
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  • Program Certificates

Skills you'll learn

91 skills

  • Static application security testing
  • Software development lifecycle
  • Owasp top-10
  • Access management
  • Cybersecurity business context

Prerequisites

4 prerequisites

Prior to enrolling, you should have the following knowledge:

  • Basic Linux
  • Computer networking basics
  • Scripting
  • Windows operating system

You will also need to be able to communicate fluently and professionally in written and spoken English.

Program Outline

  • 6 courses
  • 31 lessons
  • 4 projects

Program Instructors

4 instructors

Unlike typical professors, our instructors come from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and have demonstrated leadership and expertise in their professions:

Dev Badlu

VP of Product Innovation

Rod Soto

Principal Security Research Engineer, Splunk

Abhinav Singh

Engineer/Consultant, Amazon Web Services

Taylor Lobb

Head of Information Security, Clearwater Analytics

Dev Badlu

VP of Product Innovation

Rod Soto

Principal Security Research Engineer, Splunk

Abhinav Singh

Engineer/Consultant, Amazon Web Services

Taylor Lobb

Head of Information Security, Clearwater Analytics

Reviews

Average Rating: 4.7 (33 Reviews)

Its a good learning process.

Shruti Jana

Feb 8, 2026

it was good learning session

Darshan S Siddaiah

Feb 3, 2026

The program was amazing, it satisfied my personal and more importantly my business needs. I wish all the courses are deliver with such style and efficiency.

Ahmed Hamdi

Sep 9, 2025

good teach

José Luis Correas

Jul 28, 2025

A little explanation on how to use the terminal more thoroughly would be nice to test out the code.

Zuleyma Sanchez

Jul 27, 2025

Subscription · Monthly

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  • Hands-on projects with expert feedback
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  • Program Certificates

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