PenTest+

Learning Objectives

The PenTest+ course equips participants with the skills to plan and scope penetration tests effectively, ensuring all activities comply with legal and ethical requirements. Participants will also learn to develop detailed reports with actionable remediation recommendations to support engagement management. The course covers active and passive reconnaissance techniques, enabling participants to gather information and enumerate systems to uncover vulnerabilities efficiently. Participants will also learn to conduct vulnerability scans, analyse results, and validate findings to identify and address security weaknesses.

In addition, the course teaches how to execute network, host-based, web application, and cloud-based attacks using appropriate tools and techniques to evaluate system defences. Finally, participants will gain expertise in post-exploitation activities, including maintaining persistence, performing lateral movement, and documenting findings to support effective remediation efforts.

Why Should You Attend?

Attending the PenTest+ course equips you with the essential skills to plan and scope penetration tests while ensuring full compliance with legal and ethical requirements. You will also learn how to produce detailed reports with actionable remediation recommendations, strengthening your ability to manage and support penetration testing engagements effectively. The course teaches you how to perform both active and passive reconnaissance, gather critical information, and enumerate systems to identify vulnerabilities efficiently. You will gain hands-on experience conducting vulnerability scans, analysing results, and validating findings to address security weaknesses effectively.

Who Should Attend?

The PenTest+ course is ideal for IT and cybersecurity professionals aiming to advance their careers in roles such as network engineer, network administrator, cybersecurity analyst or engineer, penetration tester, data analyst, and IT manager. Participants will gain hands-on skills essential for planning and scoping penetration tests while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical requirements. The course teaches effective techniques for conducting active and passive reconnaissance, gathering critical information, and enumerating systems to uncover vulnerabilities. You will also learn how to perform vulnerability scans, analyse and validate findings, and execute attacks across network, host, web application, and cloud environments. Additionally, the course equips you with the expertise to maintain persistence, perform lateral movement, and document findings during post-exploitation activities, providing the practical knowledge necessary to strengthen security postures and support remediation efforts.

General Information

The ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Auditor course includes certification and examination fees in the price of the training, ensuring participants have full access to all required assessments. Participants will receive comprehensive training materials comprising over 450 pages of detailed information, practical examples, best practices, exercises, and quizzes to support effective learning. An attestation of course completion worth 31 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits will be awarded to participants who attend the full training course. Candidates who do not pass the exam on their first attempt are eligible to retake it free of charge within 12 months from the initial exam date.

Our eLearning training courses are delivered by experienced trainers from all around the world. Each training course is divided into video sections and subsections. Videos contain animations to support what the trainer is lecturing — the animations correspond to the sections provided in the traditional mode of training. To keep our candidates engaged, we have incorporated quizzes into our eLearning training courses.