CompTIA PenTest+

Course Overview:

The CompTIA PenTest+ certification is intended for cybersecurity professionals with intermediate skill levels who are responsible for doing practical penetration tests on networks in order to find, exploit, report, and handle vulnerabilities.

Prerequisite:

• 3–4 years of hands-on experience performing penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and code analysis

Audience:

• • Penetration/Vulnerability Tester
  • Security Analyst (II)
  • Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
  • Network Security Operations

Topic 1: Planning and Scoping

• Governance, risk, and compliance concepts
• Scoping and organizational/customer requirements
• Ethical hacking mindset by maintaining professionalism and integrity

Topic 2: Information Gathering and Vulnerability Scanning

• Passive reconnaissance
• Active reconnaissance
• Results of a reconnaissance exercise
• Vulnerability scanning

Topic 3: Attacks and Exploits

• Network attacks
• Wireless attacks
• Application-based attacks
• Attacks on cloud technologies
• Common attacks and vulnerabilities against specialized systems
• Social engineering or physical attack
• Post-exploitation techniques

Topic 4: Reporting and Communication

• components of written reports
• remediation
• communication
  during the penetration testing process
• post-report delivery activities

Topic 5: Tools and Code Analysis

• Scripting and software development
• Penetration test
• Tools used during penetration test