15 Best Security Best Practices Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Security Best Practices courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado System and University of California, Irvine. 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
- 15
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 5 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "security best practices" 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 $9.99 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Offered by IBM
Vigilance against cyberthreats and attacks becomes increasingly important year over year as we continue to accelerate the amount of sensitive information in digital, web-accessible formats. Do you want to arm yourself wi...
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Secure Software Design
Offered by University of Colorado System
Information security is an extremely important topic in our world today. As individuals, we seek to protect our personal information while the corporations we work for have to protect suppliers, customers, and company as...
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Data, Security, and Privacy
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course provides hands-on experience with technology-based productivity tools, as well as foundational knowledge and understanding of system design and development. The course is designed to integrate concepts of har...
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4
Security-Driven Software Development
Offered by Packt
This course empowers software developers to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, securing applications from the outset is crucial. You'll...
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5
Mastering Cloud: Security, Optimization & Migration on AWS
Offered by Edureka
The Mastering Cloud: Security, Optimization & Migration on AWS specialization is meticulously designed to equip professionals with the essential skills required to secure, optimize, and migrate workloads efficiently on A...
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6
Mastering Microsoft 365 Fundamentals
Offered by Whizlabs
Master the fundamentals of Microsoft 365 and gain the practical knowledge needed to work with modern workplace productivity, collaboration, security, compliance, and AI-driven business solutions. This Specialization intr...
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Secure Coding: SSDLC, OWASP & SonarQube Essentials
Offered by Coursera
Hey there, developers, DevOps enthusiasts, and curious coders! What if you could write code that’s not only functional and efficient but secure right from the start? In today’s digital world, security isn’t optional. It’...
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8
Docker and Kubernetes Masterclass: From Beginner to Advanced
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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9
Writing Secure Code for Android
Offered by Infosec
This specializations teaches you to incorporate security in Android application development for mobile devices. Focused mostly on Kotlin, JetBrains' open source programming language, which Google adopted for Android, you...
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Keamanan IT: Pertahanan terhadap Kejahatan Digital
Offered by Google
Pelatihan ini membahas berbagai macam konsep, alat, dan praktik terbaik dari keamanan IT. Di sini akan diperkenalkan ancaman dan serangan dan berbagai cara kemunculan mereka. Kami akan memberi Anda beberapa latar belakan...
$49.00listed price -
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Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Unit 2
Offered by Pearson
Designed for professionals eager to enhance their expertise in safeguarding data within cloud environments, this course provides a deep dive into the lifecycle and security of cloud data. Through engaging lessons, you'll...
$49.00listed price -
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Mempercepat Pengembangan Aplikasi dengan Gemini CLI
Offered by Google Cloud
Kursus ini dirancang untuk developer aplikasi dan engineer DevOps yang ingin bekerja lebih cerdas menggunakan Gemini CLI, yakni agen AI generatif yang dibuat untuk terminal dan didukung oleh Gemini. Kursus ini membahas p...
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AWS Developer: Unit 2
Offered by Pearson
This course covers essential AWS security topics, such as identity and access management, encryption, and handling sensitive data. You'll begin with IAM basics, learning to manage users, groups, roles, and policies. Expl...
$49.00listed price -
14
Amazon Macie - Getting Started
Offered by Amazon Web Services
With Amazon Macie, you can discover data security risks and automatically protect against those risks. In this course, you will learn how Macie can help you simplify data security risk protection. This course will focus...
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15
Accelerate App Development with Gemini CLI
Offered by Google Cloud
"This course is designed for app developers and DevOps engineers who want to work smarter by using Gemini CLI, a generative AI agent made for the terminal and powered by Gemini. This course discusses Gemini CLI installat...
$49.00listed price
Best Security Best Practices Courses on Coursera compared
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 15 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado System and University of California, Irvine — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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