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ISC2
Security Operations
Welcome to course 5 of 5 of this Specialization, Security Operations. This course focuses our attention on the day-to-day, moment-by-moment active use of the security controls and risk mitigation strategies that an organization has in place. We will explore ways to secure the data and the systems they reside on, and how to encourage secure practices among people who interact with the data and systems during their daily duties. After completing this course, the participant will be able to: Explain concepts of security operations. - Discuss data handling best practices. - Identify important concepts of logging and monitoring. - Summarize the different types of encryption and their common uses. - Describe the concepts of configuration management. - Explain the application of common security policies. - Discuss the importance of security awareness training. - Practice the terminology of and review the concepts of network operations. Agenda Course Introduction Module 1: Understanding Data Security and Encryption Module 2: Controls and Asset Management Module 3: Best Practice Security Policies Module 4: Understand Security Education Training and Awareness (SETA) Module 5: Security Operations Review Final Assessment This training is for IT professionals, career changers, college students, recent college graduates, advanced high school students and recent high school graduates looking to start their path toward cybersecurity leadership by taking the Certified in Cybersecurity entry-level exam. There are no prerequisites to take the training or the exam. It is recommended that candidates have basic Information Technology (IT) knowledge. No work experience in cybersecurity or formal education diploma/degree is required.
Coursera
Créer des groupes sur Facebook
À la fin de ce projet, vous aurez toutes les compétences de base pour créer des groupes sur Facebook. Vous serez en mesure de vous familiariser avec les outils et différentes fonctionnalités qu’offre Facebook pour la création de groupes. Ce projet vous permettra de créer des groupes Facebook pour développer votre communauté à travers plusieurs étapes que l’on verra ensemble.
Adobe
Generative AI for Designers
This course introduces designers to the creative possibilities of Generative AI in Photoshop. Through short, hands-on modules, learners will explore how to use AI tools to generate, enhance, and remix visual content. Whether you're new to AI or looking to expand your creative toolkit, this course will help you build confidence using Firefly-powered features to accelerate ideation, polish designs, and explore new directions. By the end of the course, learners will understand the role of AI in modern design workflows, apply multiple AI techniques to create and refine visuals, and export professional-quality designs. This course is ideal for graphic designers seeking to integrate AI into their creative process.
Coursera
Annotate and Analyze Objects for Vision
This short course shows you how to build reliable vision datasets and configure detection models with confidence. You’ll learn how to run a quality-controlled annotation process, review bounding boxes, coach annotators, and check dataset consistency using IoU-based audits. You’ll also explore how to analyze object sizes with clustering to generate anchor box parameters for models like YOLOv8. Through compact videos, guided readings, and hands-on exercises, you’ll practice using tools such as CVAT and Python notebooks to complete tasks common in production vision teams. By the end, you’ll be able to create a clean bounding-box dataset and use real measurements to tune model anchors—skills that support robust, scalable computer-vision pipelines.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Crédito y cobranza
Este curso, ofrecido por la UNAM, se enfoca en la función crediticia, es decir, la importancia del crédito en el ciclo de los negocios, la determinación de necesidades de un departamento de crédito, las políticas de crédito, análisis de los solicitantes, así como su emisión, y todo lo relacionado con la recuperación de éstos, minimizando en todo momento los riesgos de incobrabilidad. Analizaremos todo lo relacionado con la planeación, organización, integración, dirección y control de las actividades encaminadas al otorgamiento de créditos y su recuperación en las fechas establecidas.
Packt
Building Recommender Systems with Machine Learning and AI
This course 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 you progress through the course. In this course, you'll explore the inner workings of recommender systems, gaining hands-on experience with Python and various machine learning techniques. Starting with the basics, you'll quickly move to more advanced methods like content-based filtering, collaborative filtering, and matrix factorization. By building real-world systems, you'll develop the skills needed to evaluate and improve recommender system performance. As you advance, you'll dive into deep learning for recommender systems, experimenting with technologies like Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM) and Autoencoders. You'll also explore TensorFlow Recommenders and other state-of-the-art approaches for building scalable recommendation engines. This course is designed to help you build, test, and deploy sophisticated recommender systems that can be applied in various industries. This course is ideal for those interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science, especially those who want to build personalized systems to enhance user experience. It will benefit anyone looking to design, evaluate, and optimize recommendation algorithms, making it an excellent resource for aspiring data scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI specialists.
Coursera
Support Vector Machines in Python, From Start to Finish
In this lesson we will built this Support Vector Machine for classification using scikit-learn and the Radial Basis Function (RBF) Kernel. Our training data set contains continuous and categorical data from the UCI Machine Learning Repository to predict whether or not a patient has heart disease. This course runs on Coursera's hands-on project platform called Rhyme. On Rhyme, you do projects in a hands-on manner in your browser. You will get instant access to pre-configured cloud desktops containing all of the software and data you need for the project. Everything is already set up directly in your Internet browser so you can just focus on learning. For this project, you’ll get instant access to a cloud desktop with (e.g. Python, Jupyter, and Tensorflow) pre-installed. Prerequisites: In order to be successful in this project, you should be familiar with programming in Python and the concepts behind Support Vector Machines, the Radial Basis Function, Regularization, Cross Validation and Confusion Matrices. Notes: - You will be able to access the cloud desktop 5 times. However, you will be able to access instructions videos as many times as you want. - This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Coursera
Construye un sitio web con Wordpress
En este proyecto guiado construirás un sitio web completo, atractivo y amigable, tanto con el administrador como también con los usuarios. Usarás wordpress, un sistema de administración de contenido gratuito. Este proyecto te tomará entre una y dos horas en desarrollar. Al finalizar aprenderás a configurar tu propio sitio web, crear nuevas páginas y editar su contenido, crear entradas para blogs y terminar publicando tu sitio web en línea, todo esto mediante el uso de temas, plug-ins y la ayuda de la herramienta de creación web. Tendrás un espacio virtual apto para cualquier dispositivo (responsive) para mostrar tu negocio o tu blog personal y así poder conectarte con tus clientes o lectores de manera personalizada.
AI Business School
Practical AI and prompting for finance professionals
Welcome to the “Practical AI and prompting for finance professionals” — a unique, hands-on course designed to help you get practically trained on various job-specific AI use cases and technologies across various modalities. You will discover AI-powered tools to enhance your daily tasks, gaining immediate hands-on experience. You will: - Intensively practice and apply AI-driven finance-specific use cases—making AI a daily companion in your workflows and daily job routines. - Start to use AI technologies into your daily sales activities with hands-on exercises in interactive playgrounds and sandbox environments, increasing your confidence to experiment, iterate, and optimize AI-driven tools and technologies right in the course. - Master prompting techniques & discover prompting libraries for different Generative AI models for example to craft high-impact financial forecasts, investor presentations, and risk assessments—unlocking new ways to derive data-driven insights and make informed strategic decisions. - Get inspired by participating in a project to conceptualize a personalized AI use case for your job role. Welcome to the unique “Practical AI and prompting for finance professionals” course. Just start your AI journey and discover all the fascinating opportunities opened up for you by Artificial Intelligence.
University of Colorado Boulder
Sustainable and Resilient Operations Management
Operations management involves the strategic use of company resources to create value and meet market demands. As customer expectations evolve, there is a growing emphasis on the environmental impact of the products we design and manufacture. Innovative companies such as Siemens Digital Industries Software recognize this need and have partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder to create this course that equips you with the knowledge and skills to implement sustainable operations management practices. In Sustainable and Resilient Operations Management, you will explore concepts such as the circular economy, focusing on minimizing waste and maximizing resource efficiency. The course is for anyone who is interested in how companies can responsibly design products and operational processes to reduce waste and become more circular. This course was developed in collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software and is part of the "Design for the Circular Economy" collection. Learners who complete and pass the course can receive an industry-recognized digital badge. The “Design for the Circular Economy” microcredential and graduate certificate are developed around the educational goals of providing technical, business, and leadership knowledge and skills that inspire the transformation towards a more circular economy. This includes gaining technical knowledge to apply circular economy principles in product design, minimizing waste and maximizing impact; developing business acumen to implement innovative circular economic models that prioritize sustainability and resilience; and acquiring leadership strategies to communicate effectively and inspire change within an organization. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The ME-EM is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals move into leadership and management roles in the engineering and technical sectors. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the ME-EM is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience. Learn more about the ME-EM program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/me-engineering-management-boulder.
Amazon Web Services
Amazon EMR Getting Started
Amazon EMR is a managed cluster solution that can make it more efficient to run big data frameworks, such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to process and analyze vast amounts of data. In this course, you will learn the benefits and technical concepts of Amazon EMR. If you are new to the service, you will learn how to start using Amazon EMR through a demonstration using the AWS Management Console and AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). You will learn about the native architecture and how the built-in features can help you process data for analytics purposes and business intelligence workloads.
University of Florida
Personality Types at Work
Knowing yourself, your team, your manager, and your organization are keys to personal and business success. What were once labeled soft skills are now modern requirements in today's workplace - especially if you are trying to get in the door or are already leading a team. This course is specifically designed for the: -Job Seeker: You will create a usable cover letter with feedback from your peers as well as develop exceptional responses to some of the most common, yet challenging interview questions. We will get you the skills to help get in the door! -Team Member: You will develop an action plan to confront your personality weaknesses and highlight your strengths so you can ace your annual review. We will also cover strategies that will help you uncover your true worth so you can ask with more confidence. We will get you the skills to get ahead! -Manager: You will create an effective action plan for an employee, team, or organization based on your new knowledge of personality types and you will create a 360 degree review plan to better identify your strengths and weaknesses. We will get you the skills to rise above the rest! We will dive deep into the types and teach you how to translate your new knowledge into business success by leveraging personality and emotional intelligence in the workplace - wherever you may be! Join us!
Packt
Unreal Engine 5 Environments – Artist Bootcamp
This course 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 you progress through the course. The course begins with the essentials of Unreal Engine 5, covering asset importing, UI navigation, and PBR material setup. You will explore the material graph to create realistic textures and surfaces, then learn vertex painting techniques to add details like moss and physics-based object scattering for dynamic scenes. Then you focus on creating and sculpting terrains using height maps and advanced sculpting tools, mastering terrain texturing, and adding atmospheric depth with fog and volumetric effects. Finally, you’ll learn advanced VFX techniques like water animations, fire particles, dynamic lighting, and blueprint scripting for interactive elements. Designed for artists and developers, this intermediate-level course requires basic knowledge of Unreal Engine or 3D modeling. By the end of the course, you will be able to create dynamic, interactive 3D environments, use advanced materials and VFX, and develop immersive experiences in Unreal Engine 5.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Global Impact: Multiculturalism
This course embarks on the journey of understanding multicultural marketing's essentials. It elaborates on how culture influences consumer behavior and decision-making, and it explores the roles of multicultural consumer segments, generational and regional subcultures. The course imparts knowledge of various advertising strategies tailored for multicultural markets and discusses concepts like bilingual use, frame-switching, and communication channels' significance. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - understand how culture influences consumer behavior and decision-making processes, - identify and describe the roles of multicultural consumer segments, generational, and regional subcultures in marketing, - analyze and apply various advertising strategies tailored for multicultural markets, - recognize the effects of bilingual use and frame-switching in advertising communication, - appreciate the importance of different communication channels in multicultural marketing campaigns, -evaluate real-world multicultural marketing campaigns, identifying their strengths and areas for improvement, - develop skills to create culturally responsive marketing strategies that acknowledge and appeal to the cultural backgrounds of diverse consumer segments, and - enhance your multicultural marketing acumen, preparing you for leadership roles in culturally diverse business environments.
IBM
Introduction to Software, Programming, and Databases
Ready to get hands-on exploring software, programming, and databases in this comprehensive introduction to the digital technologies transforming today’s workplaces? During this course, you’ll build a strong foundation in computing platforms, software lifecycles, application compatibility, and cloud-based deployment. You’ll learn to install, manage, and secure modern web browsers using extensions and plug-ins. You’ll explore programming with coding logic and get hands-on using languages like Python. Plus, you’ll discover data and database fundamentals, including interfaces, backups, and real-world applications. You’ll also dive into cutting-edge concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, chatbots, and modern analytics applications. Additionally, you’ll explore data monetization strategies and gain insight into how organizations are leveraging data as an asset for growth and innovation. Throughout, you’ll get hands-on experience in labs. Then, in a final project, you’ll apply your new skills in software, programming, databases, and emerging technologies. Enroll today to build core skills you need to kickstart your career in IT!
Packt
IT Fundamentals and Hardware Essentials
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 you progress through the course. This course is designed to introduce you to the world of IT, focusing on fundamental hardware concepts crucial for any aspiring IT professional. Starting with the essentials, you will dive into the foundational components of modern computer systems, such as CPUs, RAM, and mass storage devices. You will also explore the critical role of firmware, motherboards, and power supplies in system operations. These lessons will give you a solid grounding in how hardware works, how components interact, and how they support the function of a computer system. As you progress, the course will introduce you to troubleshooting methodologies and practical installation techniques. You’ll learn to apply theory to real-world hardware issues, developing a strong skill set for diagnosing and resolving common technical problems. From understanding CPU architecture to installing RAM and configuring BIOS, every lesson builds upon the last, preparing you for hands-on IT work. The course also provides essential knowledge about cooling systems, mass storage solutions like HDDs and SSDs, and the use of RAID for data redundancy. By the end of the course, you will have mastered the core skills necessary to succeed in entry-level IT roles. Whether you're aiming to pass certifications like the CompTIA A+ or just looking to build a solid technical foundation, this course provides all the tools you need to start your journey into the IT industry. This course is ideal for beginners or anyone interested in understanding IT fundamentals and hardware components. No prior experience is required, though basic computer literacy will be helpful.