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Build job-ready offensive security skills aligned with real-world attack simulations

Demonstrate end-to-end expertise across planning, scoping, exploitation, reporting, and remediation

Strengthen your profile for high-demand cybersecurity roles across enterprises and consultancies

Gain hands-on exposure to industry-standard tools, techniques, and methodologies

Bridge the gap between theory and practical ethical hacking execution

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Virtual Classroom
Training

Practice Questions
on LMS

Guaranteed to
Run Batches

Experienced
Instructors

Exam
Simulation

Post-Training
Support

PenTest+

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Training Material
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Hands-On Project Based Learning
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Instructor-Led Virtual Classroom Training

Target Audience

Pre-Requisites

Exam Information

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CompTIA PenTest+ is for IT cybersecurity professionals with three to four years of hands-on information security or related experience, or equivalent training, looking to start or advance a career in pen testing. CompTIA PenTest+ prepares candidates for the following job roles:

✓ Penetration tester

✓ Vulnerability tester

✓ Security analyst (II)

✓ Vulnerability assessment analyst

✓ Network security operations

✓ Application security vulnerability

✓ 3–4 years in a penetration tester job role, with Network+ and Security+ or equivalent knowledge

✓ Exam version: V3

✓ Exam series code: PT0-003

✓ Launch date: December 17, 2024

✓ Number of questions: maximum of 90, including multiple-choice and performance-based questions

✓ Length of test: 165 minutes

✓ Passing score: 750 (on a scale of 100–900)

✓ Languages: English, French, Japanese, and Portuguese

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Frequently Asked Questions

🔹What is the CompTIA PenTest+ certification?

CompTIA PenTest+ is a globally recognized intermediate-level certification that validates hands-on penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and ethical hacking capabilities across modern enterprise environments.

🔹Who should pursue the PenTest+ certification?

This certification is ideal for penetration testers, cybersecurity analysts, SOC professionals, network security engineers, and IT professionals transitioning into offensive security roles.

🔹What are the prerequisites for PenTest+?

There are no mandatory prerequisites, but CompTIA recommends prior knowledge equivalent to Network+ and Security+, along with practical experience in cybersecurity or networking.

🔹What skills does the PenTest+ certification validate?

PenTest+ validates skills in penetration testing planning and scoping, vulnerability scanning, exploitation techniques, post-exploitation analysis, reporting, and communicating risk to stakeholders.

🔹How is PenTest+ different from other ethical hacking certifications?

PenTest+ emphasizes hands-on, performance-based testing with a strong focus on governance, risk alignment, and enterprise reporting—bridging technical execution with business impact.

🔹What is the exam format for PenTest+?

The exam includes multiple-choice and performance-based questions designed to assess real-world penetration testing scenarios and decision-making skills.