CompTIA PenTest+ Course

Course Description

This highly hands-on CompTIA PenTest+ course gives participants experience in network and system penetration testing. It covers all of the exam objectives for the CompTIA PT0-001 exam while taking the learner step-by-step through hacking and exploiting each network and system type. Tools used in the activities are mostly Kali Linux-based, covering a broad range of real-world examples used by penetration testers and red teams.

The PenTest+ certification is a much-sought-after security certification offered by CompTIA. It is the final step in achieving the new CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional (CNVP) or Network Security Professional (CNSP) stackable certification. It is also an intermediary step in achieving the CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert (CSIE) top level certification.

In this course you will learn hands-on penetration testing and hacking skills including:

• Client engagement and documentation
• Passive and active reconnaissance
• Windows, Linux, and mobile device system hacking
• Physical security testing and social engineering
• Wired and wireless network hacking and exploitation
• Network service hacking and exploitation
• Application and web app hacking and exploitation
• Lateral movement and persistence in a compromised network
• Covering your tracks
• Report writing and post-test clean up

CompTIA PenTest+ Entry Requirements

There are no prerequisites to study the CompTIA PenTest+ course. CompTIA recommends candidates to have Network+, Security+ or equivalent knowledge. Minimum of 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience. While there is no required prerequisite, PenTest+ is intended to follow CompTIA Security+ or equivalent experience and has a technical, hands-on focus.

In order to gain the CompTIA PenTest+ qualification student must pass both the PT0-001 exam.