Years of research showed us that most pentesting candidates have gaps in their skills when it comes to multiple disciplines. Furthermore, the metrics revealed that when the targets are not located on either the same or a directly connected and reachable segment, a few can perform as well as they do it when on a direct or a flat network.
That’s why, for the first time in the industry, the assessment for the Certified Penetration Tester (CPENT) will be about multiple disciplines and not just one or two specialty types. Everything presented in the course is through an enterprise network environment that must be attacked, exploited, evaded, and defended. EC-Council’s CPENT provides the industry with the capability to assess a Pentester’s skills across a broad spectrum of “network zones.” What makes the CPENT different is the requirement to be provided a variety of different scopes of work so that the candidate can “think on their feet.” The result of this is that different zones represent various types of testing. Anyone attempting the test will have to perform their assessment against these different zones.
Who is this for?
- Penetration Testers
- Ethical Hackers
- Information security Consultant
- Security Testers
- Security Analysts
- Security Engineers
- Network Server Administrators
- Firewall Administrators
- System Administrators
- Risk Assessment Professionals
Prerequisites
There are no predefined eligibility criteria for those interested in attempting the CPENT exam.
Recommended training for this certification
Exams
CPENT is a fully online, remotely proctored practical exam, which challenges candidates through a grueling 24-hour performance-based, hands-on exam, categorized into 2 practical exams of 12-hours each, which will test your perseverance and focus by forcing you to outdo yourself with each new challenge. Candidates have the option to choose either two 12-hour exams or one 24-hour exam depending on how straining they would want the exam to be.
- Cheating isn’t an option since EC-Council specialists proctor the entire exam.
- Choose your challenge! Either two 12-hour sessions or a single 24-hour exam!
- Score over 70% and become a CPENT!
- Join the league of extraordinary pen testers by scoring more than 90% and becoming an LPT (Master)!
We strongly recommend candidates to attempt the CEH (Practical) and/ or ECSA (Practical) prior to attempting the CPENT Challenge.