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Course Description


The Certified Penetration Tester (CPENT) program is all about pen testing and will teach you to perform in an enterprise network environment that must be attacked, exploited, evaded, and defended. If you have only been working in flat networks, CPENT’s live practice range will teach you to take your skills to the next level by teaching you to pen test IoT systems, OT systems, as well as how to write your own exploits, build your own tools, conduct advanced binaries exploitation, double pivot to access hidden networks, and customization of scripts and exploits to get into the innermost segments of the network. 




Course Outline


Module 01: Introduction to Penetration Testing

Module 02: Penetration Testing Scoping and Engagement

Module 03: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Module 04: Social Engineering Penetration Testing

Module 05: Network Penetration Testing – External

Module 06: Network Penetration Testing – Internal

Module 07: Network Penetration Testing – Perimeter Devices

Module 08: Web Application Penetration Testing

Module 09: Wireless Penetration Testing

Module 10: IoT Penetration Testing

Module 11: OT/SCADA Penetration Testing

Module 12: Cloud Penetration Testing

Module 13: Binary Analysis and Exploitation

Module 14: Report Writing and Post Testing Actions


Course Benefits


  • 100% mapped with the NICE framework.
  • 100% methodology-based penetration testing program.
  • Blends both manual and automated penetration testing approaches.
  • Designed with the most common penetration testing practices offered by the best service providers.
  • Maps to all major Job Portals. Role Title: Penetration Tester and Security Analyst.
  • Provides strong reporting writing guidance.
  • Gives a real-world experience through an Advanced Penetration Testing Range.
  • Provides candidates with standard Pen test for use in the field.

The heart of the CPENT program is all about helping students master their pen test skills by putting them to use on our live cyber ranges. The CPENT ranges were designed to be dynamic in order to give students a real-world training program, so just as targets and technology continue to change in live networks, both the CPENT practice and exam ranges will mimic this reality as our team of engineers continues to add targets and defenses throughout the CPENT course’s lifetime. 



Who should take this course?


  • Penetration Testers
  • Vulnerability Assessment Auditors
  • Risk Assessment Administrators
  • Network Administrators
  • Application Security Engineers
  • Cyber Forensic Investigators/ Analyst and SOC Analyst
  • System Administrators/Engineers
  • Firewall Administrators and Network Managers/IT Managers


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Novesh and EC-Council’s self-paced training includes on-demand, streaming videos of an EC-Council master trainer leading you through the content.

Follow along in your e-courseware as you are guided with additional content including instructor stories from their years of hands-on experience.

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