| Issuer | EC-Council |
| Level | Advanced |
| Career Opportunities | Ethical Hackers, Penetration Testers, Network Server Administrators, Firewall Administrators, Security Testers, System Administrators and Risk Assessment Professionals, Cybersecurity Forensic Analyst, Cyberthreat Analyst, Cloud Security, Analyst Information Security Consultant, Application Security Analyst, Cybersecurity Assurance Engineer, Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, Technical Operations Network Engineer, Information Security Engineer, Network Security Penetration Tester, Network Security Engineer, Information Security Architect |
| Skills | Advanced Windows Attacks, Attacking IoT Systems, Writing Exploits: Advanced Binary Exploitation, Bypassing a Filtered Network, Pentesting Operational Technology (OT), Access Hidden Networks with Pivoting, Double Pivoting, Privilege Escalation, Evading Defense Mechanisms, Attack Automation with Scripts, Weaponize Your Exploits, Write Professional Reports |
| Cost | Paid |
| Validity | 3 years |
| Renewal | Renewal fee or 120 credits EC-Council Continued Education (ECE) credits (per certification) within a period of three years. |
| Themes | Penetration Testing, OSINT, Social Engineering Penetration Testing , Network Penetration Testing, Web Application Penetration Testing, Wireless Penetration Testing, IoT Penetration Testing, OT and SCADA Penetration Testing, Cloud Penetration Testing |
Overview
The Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT) is a cybersecurity certification offered by the EC-Council. It is a vendor-neutral certification that is designed for penetration testers who want to demonstrate their skills in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks.
What Will You Learn ?
✓ Advanced Windows Attacks
Access active directories. Power your way through network defenses using PowerShell to execute Silver and Gold Ticket and Kerberoasting.
✓ Attacking IoT Systems
CPENT is the 1st certification in the world to teach IoT attacks
✓ Writing Exploits: Advanced Binary Exploitation
Go beyond advanced application security testing techniques and experience the thrill of exploiting vulnerabilities in flawed binaries across 32- and 64-bit code challenges.
✓ Bypassing a Filtered Network
Unlike flat networks that most certifications train in, access web applications and extract data through a series of filtered networks with CPENT.
✓ Pentesting Operational Technology (OT)
CPENT is the world’s first pen testing certification that allows you to intercept Modbus communication protocol and communicate between PLC and its slave nodes.
✓ Access Hidden Networks with Pivoting
Learn lateral movement and what it means to pivot through filtered networks.
✓ Double Pivoting
If you think pivoting is hard, wait until you try double pivoting!
✓ Privilege Escalation
Gain root access by mastering privilege escalation techniques.
✓ Evading Defense Mechanisms
We don’t just teach you to write exploits; we teach you to how to bypass protections.
✓ Attack Automation with Scripts
A key skill for most employers, we’ll teach you to go beyond tools!
✓ Weaponize Your Exploits
Pentesting tools not enough for you? Here’s your chance to learn to build your own armory.
✓ Write Professional Reports
Learn classic pen testing skills from experts.
Exam Details
- Type of Exam: Performance-based and hands-on exam proctored online and remotely.
- Number of Questions: 100 questions
- Length of Test: two 12-hour sessions or a single 24-hour period.
- Minimum passing score: 70%. But if you earn over 90%, you’ll also receive the L|PT (Master) credential
- Testing Provider: ECC Exam
