CompTIA Penetration Testing Certification (PenTest+)

Exam: PT0-001

Course Description: PenTest+ assesses the most up-to-date penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment and management skills necessary to determine the resiliency of the network against attacks.

Duration: 5 days (Full-time 9:00am – 5:00pm) OR 6 weeks (Evening 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Twice weekly)

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to plan, conduct, analyze, and report on penetration tests, including the ability to…:

• Plan and scope penetration tests.
• Conduct passive reconnaissance.
• Perform non-technical tests to gather information.
• Conductive active reconnaissance.
• Analyze vulnerabilities.
• Penetrate networks.
• Exploit host-based vulnerabilities.
• Test applications Complete post-exploit tasks.
• Analyze and report pen test results.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success in this course, you should have:

• Intermediate knowledge of information security concepts, including but not limited to identity and access management (IAM), cryptographic concepts and implementations, computer networking concepts and implementations, and common security technologies.
• Practical experience in securing various computing environments, including small to medium businesses, as well as enterprise environments.

Course Outline:

• Module 1 – Planning And Scoping Penetration Tests
• Module 2 – Conducting Passive Reconnaissance
• Module 3 – Performing Non-Technical Tests
• Module 4 – Conducting Active Reconnaissance
• Module 5 – Analyzing Vulnerabilities
• Module 6 – Penetrating Networks
• Module 7 – Exploiting Host-Based Vulnerabilities
• Module 8 – Testing Applications
• Module 9 – Completing Post-Exploit Tasks
• Module 10 – Analyzing And Reporting Pen Test Results