About This Course
The PECB Lead Pen Test Professional programme takes you beyond the basics into the advanced, methodical practice of penetration testing. Delivered fully self-paced and online, it covers the complete engagement — from ethics, planning and scoping, through the technical foundation and hands-on techniques, to conducting the test and reporting results that lead to real remediation.
The focus is on running professional, repeatable engagements: managing time and resources, choosing the right tools and techniques, and communicating findings clearly to technical and business stakeholders. It suits experienced practitioners who want to formalise and deepen their penetration-testing skills.
Course Information
What You Will Learn
Course Curriculum
- Penetration-testing concepts and principles
- Ethics and legal considerations
- Engagement planning
- Defining and agreeing scope
- Core technical knowledge for testing
- Reconnaissance and enumeration
- Vulnerability identification
- Practical exercises across each area
- Working with testing tools and frameworks
- Exploitation techniques
- Reviewing the testing areas
- Maintaining control of the engagement
- Analysing and validating findings
- Writing the penetration-testing report
- Prioritising remediation
- Follow-up and retesting
- The seven competency domains
- Revision and exam technique
- Booking and sitting the PECB exam
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All You Need to Know
This programme suits experienced security practitioners, including:
- Penetration testers and ethical hackers
- Cybersecurity professionals and information security specialists
- IT and risk managers who need a deeper understanding of testing
- Auditors, incident handlers and business continuity professionals
A fundamental understanding of penetration testing and comprehensive knowledge of cybersecurity are recommended before enrolling.
The PECB Certified Lead Pen Test Professional exam assesses seven competency domains spanning the fundamentals of penetration testing through to reporting and follow-up. Completing the training earns 31 CPD credits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — it is delivered online and self-paced, covering the same competency domains as PECB’s instructor-led programme so you can practise around your schedule.
Both are offensive-security programmes. Lead Pen Test Professional focuses on running structured, professional penetration-testing engagements end to end; Lead Ethical Hacker centres on hands-on attack techniques with a practical exam. Many practitioners take both.
Yes — it is an advanced programme. A fundamental understanding of penetration testing and solid cybersecurity knowledge are recommended.
After passing the exam and meeting PECB’s requirements you can apply for the PECB Certified Lead Pen Test Professional credential.
Yes — the self-paced kit includes one certification exam and one free exam retake.