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CompTIA PenTest+ 1 year with exam

After taking CompTIA PenTest+ course and exam, candidates will learn how to:

• Penetration testing project planning and scope
• Understand legal and compliance requirements
• Conduct vulnerability scans and penetration tests using appropriate tools and techniques, then analyze the results
• Effectively generate written reports using suggested remediation techniques

• Security analyst (Tier II SOC analyst and Security monitoring)
• Threat intelligence analyst
• Security engineer
• Application security analyst
• Incident response or handler
• Compliance analyst
• Threat hunter

• Planning and scoping - including emphasis on governance, risk and compliance concepts, scoping and updated techniques required by the organization/client and demonstrating ethical hacking thinking.
• Intelligence Gathering and Vulnerability Scanning - Includes updated capabilities for vulnerability scanning and passive/active reconnaissance, vulnerability management, and analysis of reconnaissance exercise results.
• Attacks and Exploits – Includes updated methodologies for advanced attack surfaces, research into social engineering techniques, execution of cyber-attacks, wireless attacks, application-based attacks and attacks on cloud technologies, and post-execution exploitation techniques.
• Reporting and Communication - Enhances the importance of focusing on reporting and communication during penetration testing in an increased regulatory environment by analyzing the results and recommending appropriate remedial actions in the report.
• Tools and Code Analysis - Provides updated concepts for identifying scripts in different software deployments, analyzing scripts or code samples, and explaining use cases for different tools used during the penetration testing phase. It is important to note that no scripting or coding is required.

In order to access CompTIA PenTest+ course and exam, candidates are recommended (but it is not mandatory) to have:

• Network+, Security+ certificate or equivalent knowledge.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience.

While there is no required prerequisite, PenTest+ is intended to follow CompTIA Security+ or equivalent experience and has a technical, hands-on focus.