COMPTIA PENTEST + (COMPTIA PENTEST +)

– Compare and contrast governance, risk, and compliance concepts
– Explain the importance of scoping and organizational/customer requirements
– Given a scenario, demonstrate an ethical hacking mindset by maintaining professionalism and integrity

– Given a scenario, perform passive reconnaissance
– Given a scenario, perform active reconnaissance
– Given a scenario, analyze the results of a reconnaissance exercise
– Given a scenario, perform vulnerability scanning

– Given a scenario, research attack vectors and perform network attacks
– Given a scenario, research attack vectors and perform wireless attacks
– Given a scenario, research attack vectors and perform application-based attacks
– Given a scenario, research attack vectors and perform attacks on cloud technologies
– Explain common attacks and vulnerabilities against specialized systems
– Given a scenario, perform a social engineering or physical attack
– Given a scenario, perform post-exploitation techniques

– Compare and contrast important components of written reports
– Given a scenario, analyze the findings and recommend the appropriate remediation within a report
– Explain the importance of communication during the penetration testing process
– Explain post-report delivery activities

– Explain the basic concepts of scripting and software development
– Given a scenario, analyze a script or code sample for use in a penetration test
– Explain use cases of the following tools during the phases of a penetration test