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Certification
CompTIA PenTest+
CompTIA
Median earnings
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Cost
$425
Duration
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Completion
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CompTIA PenTest+ validates your ability to identify, mitigate, and report system vulnerabilities. Covering all stages of penetration testing across attack surfaces like cloud, web apps, APIs, and IoT, it emphasizes hands-on skills such as vulnerability management and lateral movement. This certification equips you with the expertise to advance your career as a penetration tester or security consultant.
Plan and scope penetration tests while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical requirements, and develop detailed reports with remediation recommendations to support engagement managementPerform active and passive reconnaissance, gather information, and enumerate systems to uncover vulnerabilities effectivelyConduct vulnerability scans, analyze results, and validate findings to identify and address security weaknessesExecute network, host-based, web application, and cloud-based attacks using appropriate tools and techniques to test system defensesMaintain persistence, perform lateral movement, and document findings to support remediation efforts during post-exploitation activities