CompTIA Pentest+
CompTIA Pentest+
EXAM CODES PT0-002 & PT0-003
CompTIA PenTest+ is for cybersecurity professionals tasked with penetration testing and security consulting.
CompTIA PenTest+ is the most comprehensive exam covering all penetration testing stages
Take Your Penetration Testing Skills To the Next Level
Demonstrate Competency of Current Trends:
Unlike other penetration testing exams that only cover a portion of stages, CompTIA PenTest+ uses both performance-based and knowledge-based questions to ensure all stages are mastered.
Prove You Know the Latest Techniques:
CompTIA PenTest+ is the only product on the market covering artificial intelligence (AI), hands-on inventory, scanning and analysis, attacks, lateral movement, as well as planning, scoping, and vulnerability management.
Perform Hands-on Tasks:
CompTIA PenTest+ requires a candidate to demonstrate key pen testing skills for all attack surfaces , including the cloud, web apps, APIs, IoT, on-premises and hybrid network environments.
CompTIA Linux+ proves you have the skills required to support today’s tech systems
What Skills Will You Learn?
- Engagement Management
Includes updated techniques emphasizing scoping and organizational/customer requirements, governance, risk and compliance concepts, reporting, communication, remediation recommendations and demonstrating an ethical hacking mindset.
- Reconnaissance and Enumeration
Expanded coverage of information gathering, enumeration, and passive/active reconnaissance, with the goal of conducting inventory. Includes identifying scripts and explaining use cases of various scripting languages (scripting or coding is not required).
- Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis
Updated skills that cover vulnerability scanning tools, analysis, management, and physical security weaknesses.
- Attacks and Exploits
Includes new techniques to analyze targets, select the best approach, and perform network attacks, wireless attacks, application-based attacks, and cloud attacks. Learn about artificial intelligence (AI) attacks and scripting automation.
- Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement
Additional focus on maintaining persistence, lateral movement, staging, exfiltration and post-exploitation, including clean up and restoration activities.
Prove you have the skills to support technology, and start your journey with confidence
Exam Details
| Exam Code | PT0-002 | PT0-003 | |
| Launch Date | October 28, 2021 | December 17, 2024 | |
| Exam Description | The CompTIA PenTest+ will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to plan and scope a penetration testing engagement including vulnerability scanning, understand legal and compliance requirements, analyze results, and produce a written report with remediation techniques. | The CompTIA PenTest+ will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to plan and scope a penetration testing engagement within compliance requirements, conduct enumeration and reconnaissance activities, analyze vulnerabilities, launch attacks, exfiltrate data and produce a written report with remediation techniques. | |
| Number of Questions | Maximum of 85 questions | Maximum of 90 questions | |
| Type of Questions | Performance-based and multiple choice | Performance-based and multiple choice | |
| Length of Test | 165 minutes | 165 minutes | |
| Passing Score | 750 (on a scale of 100-900) | 750 (on a scale of 100-900) | |
| Recommended Experience | Network+, Security+ or equivalent knowledge. Minimum of 3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience. While there is no required prerequisite, PenTest+ is intended to follow CompTIA Security+ or equivalent experience and has a technical, hands-on focus. | Network+, Security+ or equivalent knowledge. 3–4 years in a penetration tester job role. | |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Portuguese and Thai | English on release, other languages TBD | |
| Retirement | June 17, 2025 | Usually three years after launch | |
| DoD 8140 Approved Work Roles | To view approved work roles For more information on 8140 | PenTest+ PT0-003 will continue to be approved for the same U.S. DoD Directive 8140.03M work roles as the previous version, PT0-002. To view approved work roles | |
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