EC-Council Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT)
The Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT ) program is the world’s most comprehensive guided penetration testing program. It offers a complete hands-on pentesting methodology and AI techniques mapped to all pentesting phases.
Description
The Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT ) program is the world’s most comprehensive guided penetration testing program. It offers a complete hands-on pentesting methodology and AI techniques mapped to all pentesting phases. CPENT enables you to master pentesting within an enterprise network environment, evaluating intrusion risks and compiling actionable, structured reports. Distinguish yourself with the CPENT , learning beyond technical knowledge, scoping engagements, understanding design, estimating effort, and presenting findings and thrive as a leader in offensive security with versatile skills.
CPENT combines guided learning with hands-on practice while immersing you in diverse live scenarios involving IoT systems, segmented networks, and advanced defenses, with practical challenges mapped to each domain. Gain expertise in advanced skills necessary to create your tools, conduct advanced binary exploitation, double pivot, customize scripts, and write your exploits to penetrate the deepest pockets of the network.
Hands-on course featuring CTFs, 110+ labs, live cyber ranges, and 50+ tools Practical exam tests skills on unique multi-disciplinary network ranges
The only program to teach a complete pen testing methodology
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What You Will Learn
This training gives you a full-scale, hands-on immersion into penetration testing across enterprise-level environments, covering everything from planning and reconnaissance to complex exploitation, network pivoting and reporting.
Part 1- Introduction to Penetration Testing and Methodologies, Scoping and Engagement
Part 2- Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Attack Surface Mapping
Part 3- Social Engineering Penetration Testing
Part 4- Web Application Penetration Testing, API / JWT Testing and Web-target security assessment
Part 5- External Network Penetration Testing (perimeter, network scanning, firewall/IDS/IPS evasion)
Part 6- Internal Network Penetration Testing, Windows and Linux Exploitation, Privilege Escalation
Part 7- Active Directory Penetration Testing, Domain takeover techniques
Part 8- Binary Exploitation, Reverse Engineering, Fuzzing and Custom Exploit Development
Part 9- Pivoting, Lateral Movement and Network Segmentation Bypass (including double-pivot scenarios)
Part 10- IoT / OT / SCADA and Cloud Penetration Testing — testing non-traditional infrastructures beyond classic servers
Part 11- Post-Exploitation, Reporting, Risk Assessment and Remediation Planning
Certification & Exam
After you complete the CPENT training, you can register for the CPENT certification exam. The exam is fully practical and takes place in an online cyber-range.
The exam lasts 24 hours in total. You can take it as one 24-hour session or split it into two 12-hour sessions. You must complete real penetration-testing tasks, move through different network segments and submit a professional penetration-testing report.
To pass the exam, you need at least 70%. If you score 90% or higher, you also earn the Licensed Penetration Tester (Master) designation.
When you pass the exam, you receive the CPENT certification, which confirms your advanced skills in penetration testing and offensive security.
What You Will Achieve
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Plan and execute full-scope penetration tests across complex network environments
Use advanced exploitation techniques on Windows, Linux, Active Directory and cloud systems
Pivot through multiple network segments and bypass segmentation controls
Perform web, network, IoT, OT and application-level penetration testing with real attacker methods
Develop and modify exploits, analyze binaries and handle post-exploitation tasks
Create a complete, professional penetration-testing report based on your findings
Prepare confidently for the CPENT certification exam and optional LPT (Master) designation
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CPENT is a hands-on penetration testing certification. It is built around a proctored “challenge” exam on a real lab environment, not a pure multiple-choice test.
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