Course Outline

Course Objectives

• CompTIA PenTest+ assesses the most up-to-date penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment and management skills necessary to determine the resiliency of the network against attacks.
• Successful candidates will have the intermediate skills required to customize assessment frameworks to effectively collaborate on and report findings.
• Candidates will also have the best practices to communicate recommended strategies to improve the overall state of IT security.

Course Content

Chapter 1: Engagement planning

• Module A: Assessment types and goals
• Module B: The penetration testing process
• Module C: Documentation and planning
• Module D: Engagement scope
• Module E: Scripting

Chapter 2: Reconnaissance

• Module A: Reconnaissance techniques
• Module B: OSINT gathering

Chapter 3: Active Reconnaissance

• Module A: Network scanning
• Module B: Vulnerability scanning
• Module C: Application testing

Chapter 4: Leveraging target information

• Module A: Vulnerability analysis
• Module B: Exploitation techniques

Chapter 5: Exploiting organizational vulnerabilities

• Module A: Social engineering
• Module B: Physical security attacks

Chapter 6: Exploiting network vulnerabilities

• Module A: Network attacks
• Module B: Wireless attacks

Chapter 7: Exploiting applications

• Module A: Attacking insecure code
• Module B: Attacking web applications

Chapter 8: Host exploitation

• Module A: Finding host vulnerabilities
• Module B: Operating system exploits
• Module C: Post-exploitation techniques

Chapter 9: Engagement followup

• Module A: Report preparation
• Module B: Remediation and followup

Prerequisites

CompTIA Network+, Security+ or equivalent knowledge with a minimum of 3-4 year of hands-on information security experience.

Who Should Attend

Those seeking to pass the PenTest+ exam