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UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning · EC-Council

EC-Council Certified Penetration Testing Professional Training | CPENT

LevelIntermediate
Duration5 Days
ExperienceNone with official training (2 yrs InfoSec or CEH recommended)
Average Salary$138,650
LabsYes

Offered to the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida community through UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning in partnership with Applied Technology Academy — live online or in person, taught by ATA's practitioner instructors.

Course Overview

The Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT) program is the world’s most comprehensive guided penetration testing program. It offers a complete hands-on pentesting methodology and AI techniques mapped to all pentesting phases. CPENT enables you to master pentesting within an enterprise network environment, evaluating intrusion risks and compiling actionable, structured reports.

Distinguish yourself with the CPENT AI, learning beyond technical knowledge—scoping engagements, understanding design, estimating effort, and presenting findings—and thrive as a leader in offensive security with versatile skills. CPENT combines guided learning with hands-on practice while immersing you in diverse live scenarios involving IoT systems, segmented networks, and advanced defenses, with practical challenges mapped to each domain. Gain expertise in advanced skills necessary to create your tools, conduct advanced binary exploitation, double pivot, customize scripts, and write your exploits to penetrate the deepest pockets of the network.

Key Highlights:

Hands-on course featuring CTFs, 110+ labs, live cyber ranges, and 50+ tools

Practical exam tests skills on unique multi-disciplinary network ranges The only program to teach a complete pen testing methodology

Prepares you for VAPT compliance and various regulations

Course Outline
  • Module 01: Introduction to Penetration Testing and Methodologies
  • Module 02: Penetration Testing Scoping and Engagement
  • Module 03: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
  • Module 04: Social Engineering Penetration Testing
  • Module 05: Web Application Penetration Testing
  • Module 06: API and Java Web Token Penetration Testing
  • Module 07: Perimeter Defense Evasion Techniques
  • Module 08: Windows Exploitation and Privilege Escalation
  • Module 09: Active Directory Penetration Testing
  • Module 10: Linux Exploitation and Privilege Escalation
  • Module 11: Reverse Engineering, Fuzzing, and Binary Exploitation
  • Module 12: Lateral Movement and Pivoting
  • Module 13: IoT Penetration Testing
  • Module 14: Report Writing and Post-Testing Actions
Intended Audience
  • Information Security Analyst / Administrator
  • Information Assurance (IA) Security Officer
  • Information Security Manager / Specialist
  • Information Systems Security Engineer / Manager
  • Information Security Professionals / Officers
  • Information Security / IT Auditors
  • Risk / Threat / Vulnerability Analyst
  • System Administrators
  • Network Administrators and Engineers
Prerequisites
  • At least two years of IT security experience
  • A strong working knowledge of TCP/IP
  • Security+ Prep Course is highly recommended