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Security Engineer

Nanodegree Program

You’ll master the foundational skills necessary to become a Security Engineer. This program will focus on how to protect a company’s computer systems, networks, applications and infrastructure.

You’ll master the foundational skills necessary to become a Security Engineer. This program will focus on how to protect a company’s computer systems, networks, applications and infrastructure.

Intermediate

4 months

Real-world Projects

Completion Certificate

Last Updated December 1, 2023

Skills you'll learn:
Static application security testing • Software development lifecycle • Owasp top-10 • Logging
Prerequisites:
Basic Linux • Computer networking basics • Windows operating system

Courses In This Program

Course 1 45 minutes

Welcome

Course 2 4 weeks

Security Engineering Fundamentals

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and practices of security engineering including basic security principles and practical applications of cryptography. You will also learn strategies to implement risk evaluation, security review, and audit.

Course 3 4 weeks

Systems Security

In this course, you will learn about implementing authentication and authorization You will learn how to build and utilize tools that can alert you to system security breaches and you'll know how to effectively counter them.

Course 4 4 weeks

Infrastructure Security

In this course, you will be introduced to the industry best practices for security configurations and controls.

Taught By The Best

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Dev Badlu

VP of Product Innovation

Dev has worked in the cybersecurity field for more than 10 years, and is now VP of Product Innovation at one of the top cybersecurity companies. His area of expertise is red team and exploit development, with a focus on active cybersecurity defense.

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Rod Soto

Principal Security Research Engineer, Splunk

Rod has over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. He has worked at Prolexic, Akamai, Caspida, and Splunk. He is the co-founder of HackMiami and the Pacific Hackers meetup and conferences.

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Abhinav Singh

Engineer/Consultant, Amazon Web Services

Abhinav is a cybersecurity researcher with nearly a decade of experience working for global leaders in security technology, financial institutions and as an independent consultant. He is the author of Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook and Instant Wireshark Starter, as well as many papers, articles, and blogs.

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Taylor Lobb

Head of Information Security, Clearwater Analytics

Taylor is an information security leader with over 10 years experience building a wide range of security programs. Taylor is currently head of information security for Clearwater Analytics. Previously he was a leader in application security at Adobe.

Ratings & Reviews

Average Rating: 4.7 Stars

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