CompTIA PenTest+
CompTIA
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.
Cost
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Format
Online
Skills developed through this program
- Plan and scope penetration tests while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical requirements, and develop detailed reports with remediation recommendations to support engagement management
- Perform active and passive reconnaissance, gather information, and enumerate systems to uncover vulnerabilities effectively
- Conduct vulnerability scans, analyze results, and validate findings to identify and address security weaknesses
- Execute network, host-based, web application, and cloud-based attacks using appropriate tools and techniques to test system defenses
- Maintain persistence, perform lateral movement, and document findings to support remediation efforts during post-exploitation activities
Occupations this program prepares you for
Credentials this program stacks toward
No program pathways.
Detailed information about this program
Exam details Exam version: V3 Exam series code: PT0-003 Launch date: December 17, 2024 Number of questions: maximum of 90, including multiple-choice and performance-based questions Length of test: 165 minutes Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100–900) Recommended experience: 3–4 years in a penetration tester job role, with Network+ and Security+ or equivalent knowledge Languages: English, French, Japanese, and Portuguese Retirement of the previous exam: June 17, 2025 Retirement: Usually three years after launch (estimated 2027)
What you need to earn this credential
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Eligible funding programs
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Scholarships
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