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Industry partner: CompTIA
Certified by Optimi CollegeCourse code: C01075
This course is intended for:
Candidates who wish to gain the expertise required to plan, scope and manage weaknesses, not just exploit them. CompTIA PenTest+ forms part of the CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway.
You will learn the following skills:
- Planning and Scoping: Includes updated techniques emphasizing governance, risk and compliance concepts, scoping and organizational/customer requirements, and demonstrating an ethical hacking mindset.
- Information Gathering and Vulnerability Scanning: Includes updated skills on performing vulnerability scanning and passive/active reconnaissance, vulnerability management, as well as analyzing the results of the reconnaissance exercise.
- Attacks and Exploits: Includes updated approaches to expanded attack surfaces, researching social engineering techniques, performing network attacks, wireless attacks, application-based attacks and attacks on cloud technologies, and performing post-exploitation techniques.
- Reporting and Communication: Expanded to focus on the importance of reporting and communication in an increased regulatory environment during the pen testing process through analyzing findings and recommending appropriate remediation within a report.
- Tools and Code Analysis: Includes updated concepts of identifying scripts in various software deployments, analyzing a script or code sample, and explaining use cases of various tools used during the phases of a penetration test–scripting or coding is not required.
Possible career options include:
- Cloud Penetration Tester
- Network Security Operations
- Penetration Tester
- Web App Penetration Tester
- Cloud Security Specialist
- Network Security Specialist
- Vulnerability Analyst
- Security Consultant
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
Modules and topics covered:
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002)
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Scoping & Engagement
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Professionalism & Integrity
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Passive Reconnaissance
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Active Reconnaissance
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Vulnerability Scanning
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Network Attacks & Exploits
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Wireless Attacks
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Application-based Attacks
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Attacks on Cloud Technologies
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Attacks on Specialized Systems
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Social Engineering Attacks
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Post-Exploitation Techniques
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Written Reports
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Communication & Post-Report Activities
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Analyzing Tool & Script Output
CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Penetration Testing Tools
