CompTIA PenTest+ Certification Prep Course

This course is best suited for IT and cybersecurity professionals who have foundational knowledge of network and system security and are looking to advance into offensive security roles. Learners are typically hands-on, analytical, and eager to develop practical skills in penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and ethical hacking to enhance their career prospects or prepare for more advanced certifications.

Relevant Job Roles:

- Penetration Tester
- Vulnerability Analyst
- Security Consultant
- Red Team Member
- SOC Analyst (with offensive security focus)
- Cybersecurity Specialist
- Network Security Engineer
- Ethical Hacker

• Plan and scope penetration tests while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical requirements, and develop detailed reports with remediation recommendations to support engagement management.
• Perform active and passive reconnaissance, gather information, and enumerate systems to uncover vulnerabilities effectively.
• Conduct vulnerability scans, analyze results, and validate findings to identify and address security weaknesses.
• Execute network, host-based, web application, and cloud-based attacks using appropriate tools and techniques to test system defenses.
• Maintain persistence, perform lateral movement, and document findings to support remediation efforts during post-exploitation activities.

• Lesson 1: Scoping Organizational/Customer Requirements
• Lesson 2: Defining the Rules of Engagement
• Lesson 3: Footprinting and Gathering Intelligence
• Lesson 4: Evaluating Human and Physical Vulnerabilities
• Lesson 5: Preparing the Vulnerability Scan
• Lesson 6: Scanning Logical Vulnerabilities
• Lesson 7: Analyzing Scanning Results
• Lesson 8: Avoiding Detection and Covering Tracks
• Lesson 9: Exploiting the LAN and Cloud
• Lesson 10: Testing Wireless Networks
• Lesson 11: Targeting Mobile Devices
• Lesson 12: Attacking Specialized Systems
• Lesson 13: Web Application-Based Attacks
• Lesson 14: Performing System Hacking
• Lesson 15: Scripting and Software Development
• Lesson 16: Leveraging the Attack: Pivot and Penetrate
• Lesson 17: Communicating During the PenTesting Process
• Lesson 18: Summarizing Report Components
• Lesson 19: Recommending Remediation
• Lesson 20: Performing Post-Report Delivery Activities

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.

• G005 - CompTIA Network+
• G013 - CompTIA Security+