CompTIA PenTest+

Planning and Scoping

• Understand the importance of planning for an engagement
• Key legal concepts
• Understand the importance of scoping an engagement correctly
• Understand critical aspects of compliance-based assessments 

Information Gathering and Vulnerability Identification

• For various scenarios, execute information gathering with different techniques
• Vulnerability scanning techniques for various scenarios
• Analyzing vulnerability scanning results
• Process for leveraging information to prepare for exploitation
• Weaknesses and specialized systems

Attacks and Exploits

• Understanding differences between social engineering attacks
• Exploiting network-based vulnerabilities
• Exploiting wireless and RF-based vulnerabilities
• Exploiting application-based vulnerabilities
• Exploiting local host vulnerabilities
• Physical security attacks related to facilities
• Post exploitation techniques

Penetration Testing Tools

• Utilizing Nmap to execute information gathering exercises
• Understanding the use cases for different tools
• Analyzing tool output data from a penetration test
• Analyzing basic scripts (limited to Bash, Python, Ruby, and PowerShell)

Reporting and Communication

• Report writing and handling best practices
• Post report delivery activities
• Mitigation strategies for discovered vulnerabilities
• Communication during the penetration testing process

• Exam PT0-001
• Number of Questions: 80
• Question type: multiple choice and performance-based questions
• Passing Score: 750 on scale of 100-900
• Test Duration: 165 minutes
• Delivery – Pearson VUE
• Price – $370

Exam Objectives