CPENT: Certified Penetration Testing Professional

Prerequisites

The applicant must have a Certified Network Defender (CND) and CEHv11/CEHv10 certificate so as to have a better comprehension of penetration testing.

Course Objectives

• Advanced Windows Attacks: The candidate needs to apply the PowerShell bypass approach together with additional methods to retrieve a windows machine that has defenses in place. The objective here is to examine the knowledge of PowerShell of the applicant.
• Pentesting Operational Technology (OT): The challenge is to gain a first of its kind of penetration testing certification. The tester has to gain access to a dedicated OT network and perform modifications to the existing data by penetrating from the IT network side.
• Attacking IoT Systems: Hacking IoT devices begins with identifying firmware, searching the device, extracting, gaining access, and performing reverse engineering. 
• Attack Automation with Scripts: The tester must use advanced penetration techniques and scripting in languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby, PowerShell, BASH, and Metasploit and Fuzzing techniques to complete the challenge.
• Advanced Binaries Exploitation: Penetration testers are required to access the system, look for flawed binaries, use reverse engineering, and write exploits for privilege escalation.
• Bypassing a Filtered Network: In a segmented architecture, the attacker must locate the architecture's filtering, use it to his or her advantage to compromise the web applications, and then use that access to obtain the necessary data.
• Access Hidden Networks with Pivoting: The tester must penetrate the direct network by identifying the filtering rules and then attempt pivots into the hidden network via a filter using single pivoting methods.
• Double Pivoting: Quoting EC-Council, “CPENT is the first certification in the world that requires you to access hidden networks using double pivoting.” This challenge tests the tester's skills as the pivot has to be set up manually.
• Weaponize Your Exploits: This enables the testers to complete the challenge using their coding skills and their own tools.

About The Examination

The exam is conducted in 2 different procedures. You can choose any one from the following: -

• 24 hours exam in one session
• Two 12-hours sessions 

the compulsory percentage to pass the exam is 70%.
On passing the exam with 90%, you get a Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) Designation