Course Overview
Overview
CompTIA PenTest+ is for cybersecurity professionals tasked with penetration testing and security consulting.
CompTIA PenTest+ is the only product on the market covering artificial intelligence (AI), hands-on inventory, scanning and analysis, attacks, and lateral movement, as well as planning, scoping, and vulnerability management. CompTIA PenTest+ requires a candidate to demonstrate key pen testing skills for all attack surfaces, including the cloud, web apps, APIs, IoT, on-premises, and hybrid network environments.
CompTIA PenTest+ empowers you with the latest, cutting-edge penetration testing skills to proactively identify and report system vulnerabilities, helping you protect and safeguard organizations from potential cyber threats.
The CompTIA PenTest+ will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to plan and scope a penetration testing engagement within compliance requirements, conduct enumeration and reconnaissance activities, analyze vulnerabilities, launch attacks, exfiltrate data, and produce a written report with remediation techniques.
Exam Details:
Maximum of 90 questions
Performance-based and multiple choice
165 minutes
Passing Score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
After completing the CompTIA CertMaster Perform for PenTest+ PT0-003 Organization/Business License course, students will learn:
Engagement Management: Includes updated techniques emphasizing scoping and organizational/customer requirements, governance, risk and compliance concepts, reporting, communication, remediation recommendations, and demonstrating an ethical hacking mindset.
Reconnaissance and Enumeration: Expanded coverage of information gathering, enumeration, and passive/active reconnaissance, with the goal of conducting inventory. Includes identifying scripts and explaining use cases of various scripting languages (scripting or coding is not required).
Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis: Updated skills that cover vulnerability scanning tools, analysis, management, and physical security weaknesses.
Attacks and Exploits: Includes new techniques to analyze targets, select the best approach, and perform network attacks, wireless attacks, application-based attacks, and cloud attacks. Learn about artificial intelligence (AI) attacks and scripting automation.
Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement: Additional focus on maintaining persistence, lateral movement, staging, exfiltration, and post-exploitation, including cleanupand restoration activities.
Requirements
- Recommended Experience: Network+, Security+, or equivalent knowledge. 3–4 years in a penetration tester job role.
Target audiences
- Penetration Tester
- Cybersecurity Analyst
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 11 Lessons
- 51 Weeks
- Topics11
- 1.1Penetration Testing: Before You Begin
- 1.2Applying Pre-Engagement Activities
- 1.3Reconnaissance and Enumeration
- 1.4Scanning and Identifying Vulnerabilities
- 1.5Conducting Pentest Attacks
- 1.6Web-Based Attacks
- 1.7Enterprise Attacks
- 1.8Specialized Attacks
- 1.9Performing Penetration Testing Tasks
- 1.10Reporting and Recommendations
- 1.11Practice Exams, Interactive Activities, and Labs
