Course Outline
Introduction to Penetration Testing
- Understanding penetration testing
- Types of penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies
- Penetration testing frameworks
Scoping and Reconnaissance
- Gathering information about the target system
- Footprinting and fingerprinting
- Vulnerability scanning and analysis
- Identifying the attack surface
Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation
- Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities
- Web application vulnerabilities
- Buffer overflows and memory-based attacks
- Password attacks
Post-Exploitation Techniques
- Maintaining access
- Privilege escalation
- Covering tracks and erasing evidence
- Pivoting
Reporting and Communication
- Creating professional penetration testing reports
- Communication with stakeholders
- Providing remediation strategies
Summary and Exam Preparation
- Review of key concepts
- Exam preparation tips and strategies
- Hands-on practice exam
Note: The course outline may vary slightly depending on the delivery mode and the experience level of the participants.
Requirements
- A basic understanding of network and security concepts is recommended.
Audience
- Security analysts
- Penetration testers
- IT professionals interested in cyber security
- Anyone who wants to prepare for the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam
Testimonials
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- Capita Business Services Ltd
The content, very interesting.
Lowri Jones - Capita Business Services Ltd
Friendly informative and met objectives.
- Capita Business Services Ltd
Trainer was very engaging.
Ryan Goddard - Capita Business Services Ltd
For a very intense course, Richard gave a good high level overview for people who work in an IT Department but not actually undertaking the IT aspects of a job e.g. Cloud solutions, platforming, architecture...
- Capita Business Services Ltd
Richard was very knowledgable, clearly knew the subject area extremely well. Broke all of the complicated parts down into easier to understand chunks, and had great rapport with the group. He made a potentially tough and dry subject interesting. As a complete novice, I really enjoyed and found it very helpful for my role.
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Joubert Choshi - Netcampus
The Lab and Practical side .
Nkosana Tsware - Netcampus
The Lab and Practical side .
Nkosana Tsware - Netcampus
The labs are more interesting as we get to run, create and learn the different commands.