Learning about CompTIA Pentest+ Certification

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What is CompTIA?

• CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry
  Association) is the leading IT certifications
  provider in the world. With more than 2 million
  IT certifications, CompTIA is highly dedicated to
  helping IT professionals and taking the lead
  charge in this digitally connected world.
• For more than 20 years, CompTIA has evolved as a
  boss in providing training and certification
  exams for computing support, networking,
  security, open-source (Linux) development, cloud
  and mobility. Because of regular review and
  updates of exams, CompTIA certifications continue
  to address the needs of todays technology
  challenges. CompTIA offers various exam training
  options for CompTIA PenTest to fit your
  particular learning style and schedule, so that
  you can prepare for exams with ease.
• What is CompTIA Pentest Certification?
• CompTIA Pentest is a certification that is
  specially designed for cybersecurity
  professionals who are well-versed with
  penetration testing, vulnerability assessment,
  and management. This certification focuses more
  on offensive skills. Cybersecurity professionals
  with CompTIA Pentest certification know how to
  plan, scope, and manage weaknesses, not just
  exploit them. Pentest is unique from other types
  of certifications as it requires a candidate to
  demonstrate the hands-on ability and knowledge to
  test devices in completely new environments such
  as cloud and mobile, in addition to traditional
  desktops and servers.

• CCISO Certification

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• CompTIA Pentest is compliant with ISO 17024
  standards and is approved by the US DoD to meet
  the requirement of 8140/8570.01-M. Regulators and
  the government rely on ANSI accreditation,
  because it provides a level of confidence and
  trust in accredited programs. Over 2.3 million
  CompTIA ISO/ANSI-accredited exams have been
  delivered since January 1, 2011.
• What will you learn in Pentest?
• CompTIA Pentest exam covers following topics
  across all objectives, including

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• Planning and Scoping Explain the importance of
  planning and key aspects related to
  compliance-based assessments.
• Information Gathering Gather information to
  prepare for exploitation then perform a
  vulnerability scan for the purpose of analysis of
  results.
• Attacks and Exploits Exploit network, wireless
  application, and other vulnerabilities, summarize
  physical security attacks, and perform
  post-exploitation techniques.
• Penetration Testing Tools Learn about various
  penetration testing tools that are used to
  conduct information gathering exercises and
  analyze output and basic scripts (limited to
  Bash, Ruby, Python and Powershell).
• Reporting and Communication Utilize report
  writing skills and handling best practices for
  mitigation strategies for discovered
  vulnerabilities.
• Job roles after CompTIA Pentest certification
• CompTIA Pentest is specially designed for
  Cybersecurity professionals with three to four
  years of hands-on experience on information
  security or other equivalent training, looking to
  start or advance a career in pen testing. CompTIA
  Pentest is suitable for following job roles
• Penetration Tester
• Vulnerability Tester
• Security Analyst (II)

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• After passing CompTIA Pentest exam candidates
  will have the following skills
• After appearing for this certification exam,
  successful candidates will acquire following
  skills
• Plan and scope penetration testing
• Conduct passive reconnaissance
• Perform non-technical tests to gather information
• Conduct active reconnaissance
• Analyze vulnerabilities
• Penetrate networks
• Exploit host-based vulnerabilities
• Test applications
• Complete post-exploit tasks
• Analyze and report penetration test results
• CompTIA Pentest exam registration procedure
• In order to register for CompTIA Pentest exam,
  first visit the Pearson VUE website
• Users who first visit the Pearson VUE website
  have to create the account and for existing user
  only the users have to sign in to account. Then,
  select the exam, preferred exam center, and time.
  Now you can choose the online mode for exam as
  well. Complete all the necessary registration
  steps

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• After completing all the necessary steps,
  finalize your registration with the payment
• There are two ways to pay for CompTIA Pentest
  exam first, you can pay by credit card and, the
  second is to make payment with an exam voucher
  purchased from the CompTIA marketplace.
• Exam details

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• Career benefits with CompTIA Pentest
  Certification
• Here are a few CompTIA Pentest jobs and their
  average salaries

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• Conclusion
• Due to ever increasing cases of cyber threats,
  Cybersecurity has become an essential part from
  the organization point of view. It is important
  to achieve CompTIA Pentest certification as it
  helps candidates to identify the system and
  network vulnerabilities as quickly as possible.
  This certification also helps to develop skills
  of report writing of penetration test so that
  analysis can be done as soon as possible. With
  this certification, employees of the organization
  can implement defence-in-depth strategy so as to
  maintain a maximum level of security.  So, this
  certification proves effective in such cases.
• Why to choose Infosec Train for CompTIA Pentest
  certification?
• Infosec Train is the leading IT service provider
  institute offering diversified security related
  certifications which are globally recognized.
  They have globally recognized partners like
  EC-Council, Microsoft, CompTIA, PECB and ISACA.
• Infosec Train provides instructor-led training
  for CompTIA Pentest certification. It also
  provides full-fledged training material which is
  necessary for clearing this examination. Infosec
  Train has also certified experts well-versed with
  security concepts and they also possess vast
  industry experience. So, Infosec Train is best
  suited for CompTIA Pentest certification.

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• Points to remember
• The most important function of IS management in
  outsourcing practices is  monitoring the
  outsourcing providers performance
• The enterprise cannot outsource the
  accountability for IT security policy. The
  accountability always lies with the senior
  management/Board of directors
• When the outsourcing service is provided in
  another country, the major concern for the IS
  auditor is the legal jurisdiction can be
  questioned
• The clause in outsourcing contract that can help
  in improving the service levels and minimize the
  costs is Gain-sharing performance bonuses.

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