Certified Penetration Testing Professional SC-CPTP

The Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPTP) validates a wide range of offensive security skills required for ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing. Below are the key skills it certifies:

Technical Skills:

1. Penetration Testing Methodology
   • Planning and scoping a penetration test
   • Legal and ethical considerations
2. Reconnaissance & Information Gathering
   • Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
   • Passive and active information gathering
   • Enumeration techniques
3. Network Security & Exploitation
   • Scanning and network discovery
   • Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities (e.g., SMB, RDP, SSH, FTP)
   • Firewall and IDS/IPS evasion techniques
4. Web Application Penetration Testing
   • OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
   • SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, SSRF
   • Web shell exploitation and bypassing authentication
5. Exploitation & Privilege Escalation
   • Exploiting misconfigurations and weaknesses
   • Privilege escalation on Windows and Linux
   • Kernel and user-mode exploits
6. Post-Exploitation & Persistence
   • Lateral movement within networks
   • Establishing persistence (backdoors, rootkits, malware)
   • Credential harvesting and password cracking
7. Wireless Network Attacks
   • Wi-Fi reconnaissance and attack vectors
   • WPA2 cracking, evil twin attacks, and rogue APs
8. Social Engineering Techniques
   • Phishing, spear-phishing, and pretexting
   • Bypassing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
9. Cloud Penetration Testing
   • Attacking AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments
   • Cloud misconfiguration exploitation
10. Active Directory & Red Teaming Techniques

• Attacking Windows domains and AD environments
• Kerberoasting, Pass-the-Hash, Golden/Silver Ticket attacks

1. Scripting & Automation

• Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting for pentesting
• Exploit development and payload customization

1. Reporting & Documentation

• Writing professional penetration testing reports
• Communicating risks and mitigation strategies

Soft Skills:

• Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze vulnerabilities and identify the best exploitation methods.
• Ethical Hacking Mindset: Understanding security from an attacker’s perspective while following legal guidelines.
• Communication & Reporting: Writing detailed reports with risk analysis, remediation steps, and executive summaries.
• Adaptability & Research Skills: Keeping up with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and new attack techniques.

The CPTP certification ensures that professionals have practical, hands-on skills for conducting penetration tests in real-world environments.

Exam:

Format: Multiple choice

Open Book: No
Questions: 90
Language: English / Spanish
Passing Score: 80%
Duration: 120 minutes
- Delivery: This examination is available Online
- Supervised: YeS