CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) Practice Exam
CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) Practice Exam
About CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) Practice Exam
The CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) certification exam has been developed to validate candidates' expertise in penetration testing across various environments, including cloud, web applications, APIs, IoT, on-premises, and hybrid networks. This exam ensures you can assess, exploit, and mitigate security vulnerabilities effectively. CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) evaluates your skills through both performance-based and knowledge-based questions, covering every stage of penetration testing from planning to reporting.
Knowledge Gained
- Engagement Management: Master scoping, governance, risk compliance, and ethical hacking principles and Improve reporting, communication, and remediation strategies.
- Reconnaissance and Enumeration: Learn advanced information gathering techniques and reconnaissance methods and Understand scripting use cases (coding not required).
- Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis: Utilize modern vulnerability scanning tools and analyze security weaknesses and Assess physical security risks and mitigation strategies.
- Attacks and Exploits: Execute network, wireless, application-based, and cloud attacks and Understand AI-driven attacks and automation in penetration testing.
- Post-Exploitation and Lateral Movement: Maintain persistence, perform lateral movement, and manage exfiltration and Ensure proper cleanup and restoration post-attack.
Career Opportunities with CompTIA PenTest+
- Penetration Tester
- Cybersecurity Analyst
Exam Eligibility & Recommended Experience
Candidates should have Network+ and Security+ certifications or equivalent knowledge and 3–4 years of experience in penetration testing.
Course Outline
The CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Understanding Engagement Management
1.1 Learn about pre-engagement activities
1.2 Learn collaboration and communication activities
1.3 Compare and contrast testing frameworks and methodologies
1.4 Explain the components of a penetration test report
1.5 Analyze findings and recommend remediation within a report
Domain 2 - Understanding Reconnaissance and Enumeration
2.1 Learn to apply information-gathering techniques
2.2 Learn to apply enumeration techniques
2.3 Learn to modify scripts for reconnaissance and enumeration
2.4 Learn to use appropriate tools for reconnaissance and enumeration
Domain 3 - Understanding Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis
3.1 Learn to conduct vulnerability discovery using various techniques
3.2 Learn to analyze output from reconnaissance, scanning, and enumeration
3.3 Learn to physical security concepts
Domain 4 - Understanding Attacks and Exploits
4.1 Learn to analyze output to prioritize and prepare attacks
4.2 Learn to perform network attacks using appropriate tools
4.3 Learn to perform authentication attacks using appropriate tools
4.4 Learn to perform authentication attacks using the appropriate tools
4.5 Learn to perform web application attacks using the appropriate tools
4.6 Learn to perform cloud-based attacks using the appropriate tools
4.7 Learn to perform wireless attacks using the appropriate tools
4.8 Learn to perform social engineering attacks using the appropriate tools
4.9 Learn about common attacks against specialized systems
4.10 Learn how to use scripting to automate attacks
Domain 5 - Understanding Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement
5.1 Learn to perform tasks to establish and maintain persistence
5.2 Learn to perform tasks to move laterally throughout the environment
5.3 Learn concepts related to staging and exfiltration
5.4 Learn cleanup and restoration activities
