9 Best Cyber Defense Courses on Coursera
We compared 9 Cyber Defense courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Macquarie University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 9
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 9 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "cyber defense" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Cyber Security: Essentials for AI
Offered by Macquarie University
This Specialization brings together three advanced courses Cyber Security: Application of AI, Cyber Security: Security of AI, and Cyber Security: Data Security and Information Privacy, to give learners a comprehensive fo...
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Cyber Security: Incident Response - Theory to Practice
Offered by Macquarie University
• Watch our course introduction video before you enroll! (copy and paste into browser) https://vimeo.com/1176024625 This course equips you with the strategy, structure, and skills to lead through cyber incidents, ensurin...
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Network Defense Strategies
Offered by STARWEAVER
In today’s interconnected world, strong network defense and secure infrastructure design are essential for organizational resilience. As enterprise networks expand across offices, plants, cloud environments, and data cen...
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Cybersecurity for Managers
Offered by Campus BBVA
En el mundo empresarial, los managers suelen ser el principal objetivo de un ciberataque, ya que tienen acceso a información confidencial, a cuentas o a transacciones económicas. Además, sus relaciones con múltiples cont...
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Cybersecurity Testing and Prevention
Offered by Microsoft
This course engages you in the world of cybersecurity attack and defense, dealing with both sides and working with the tools associated with security testing within a cloud environment. You’ll gain knowledge on the penet...
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Cyber Resilience: Building Strong Cybersecurity Systems
Offered by Packt
This course equips learners with essential knowledge and skills to build and maintain a resilient cybersecurity framework. Cyber resilience is critical in the modern world, where digital systems face evolving threats. Th...
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NIST CSF
Offered by Infosec
This course will help you to build a basic understanding of NIST cybersecurity fundamentals. You will learn about the RMF process and managing risk by identifying, assessing and responding to risk. Additionally, you will...
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Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals
Offered by Cisco Learning and Certifications
The Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals Specialization gives you the basic skills you need to begin a career as an entry-level cybersecurity analyst. As you progress through this Specialization, you'll gain the foundat...
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Security: A Comprehensive Approach
Offered by Illinois Tech
This specialization focuses on securing operating systems and cloud environments, covering topics such as OS security, cloud security, and threat mitigation. Learners will gain hands-on experience with security tools and...
$49.00listed price
Best Cyber Defense Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyber Security: Essentials for AI | Coursera | Macquarie University | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Cyber Security: Incident Response - Theory to Practice | Coursera | Macquarie University | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Network Defense Strategies | Coursera | STARWEAVER | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Cybersecurity for Managers | Coursera | Campus BBVA | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Cybersecurity Testing and Prevention | Coursera | Microsoft | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Cyber Resilience: Building Strong Cybersecurity Systems | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | NIST CSF | Coursera | Infosec | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals | Coursera | Cisco Learning and Certifications | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Security: A Comprehensive Approach | Coursera | Illinois Tech | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 9 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Macquarie University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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