Penetration Tester

The Penetration Tester Job Role Path is for newcomers to information security who aspire to become professional penetration testers. This path covers core security assessment concepts and provides a deep understanding of the specialized tools, attack tactics, and methodology used during penetration testing. Armed with the necessary theoretical background and multiple practical exercises, students will go through all penetration testing stages, from reconnaissance and enumeration to documentation and reporting. Upon completing our first job role path, you will have obtained the practical skills and mindset necessary to perform professional security assessments against enterprise-level infrastructure at an intermediate level. The Information Security Foundations skill path can be considered prerequisite knowledge to be successful while working through this job role path.

1. Penetration Testing Process
2. Getting Started
3. Network Enumeration with Nmap
4. Footprinting
5. Information Gathering - Web Edition
6. Vulnerability Assessment
7. File Transfers]
8. Shells & Payloads
9. Using the Metasploit Framework
10. Password Attacks
11. Attacking Common Services
12. Pivoting, Tunneling, and Port Forwarding
13. Active Directory Enumeration & Attacks
14. Using Web Proxies
15. Attacking Web Applications with Ffuf
16. Login Brute Forcing
17. SQL Injection Fundamentals
18. SQLMap Essentials
19. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
20. File Inclusion
21. File Upload Attacks
22. Command Injections
23. Web Attacks
24. Attacking Common Applications
25. Linux Privilege Escalation
26. Windows Privilege Escalation
27. Documentation & Reporting
28. Attacking Enterprise Networks