Professional Penetration Tester(PENT)

PENT is a zero to hero style instructor-led cybersecurity course to equip students to learn professional penetration testing & vulnerability assessment skills by building lab networks to practice network and application enumeration scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation, and lateral movement skills.

Students must complete all steps in this course to qualify for the Penetration Tester certification exam from DarkRelay. Earn the Professional Penetration Tester(PENT) certification by passing the Pentest exam. Passing the exam will make you PENT-certified, which qualifies you to perform the following:

• Manage penetration testing pre-engagement interactions. 

• Understand client penetration testing compliance requirements. 

• Create pentest planning and scoping. 

• Execute vulnerability assessment and manual penetration testing to find vulnerabilities. 

• Write penetration testing reports, including remediation for vulnerabilities discovered.

• Communicate and advise remediation to clients and leadership teams.

Who Should Attend?

• Cybersecurity Enthusiasts

• Aspiring Penetration Testers

• Cybersecurity Professionals

• QA Engineer

Pre-Requisites

Students should be aware that before taking the PENT course, it is required that they have completed the following fundamental courses.

• Introduction to Linux

• Introduction to Cybersecurity

• Web Applications 101 

• Network Fundamentals

Course Objectives

Objectives of this penetration testing course are:

• Understand Penetration Testing Fundamentals.

• Learn the Legal and Ethical Considerations.

• Learn Linux Fundamentals.

• Learn Python and Bash Fundamentals.

• Master Penetration Testing Tools and Techniques.

• Perform Network Penetration Testing.

• Master Web Application Penetration Testing.

• Master Active Directory Penetration Testing.

• Master Fuzzing and Exploitation.

• Develop Effective Reporting and Communication Skills.

• Practice Real-World Scenarios.