Introduction to Certified Penetration Testing (CPENT) Program | Pent Test Course

EC-Council’s Certified Penetration Testing Professional (C|PENT) program is designed to equip you with the skills needed to conduct effective penetration testing in complex enterprise network environments. The course covers the entire spectrum of penetration testing, including attacking, exploiting, evading, and defending against cyber threats.

For those accustomed to working in flat networks, the live practice range provided by C|PENT goes beyond basic skills, offering advanced training to elevate your capabilities. This includes penetration testing on Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Operational Technology (OT) systems, crafting your exploits, developing custom tools, engaging in advanced binaries exploitation, executing double pivots to access hidden networks, and tailoring scripts/exploits for penetration into the innermost segments of a network.

The core of the CPENT course revolves around practical application, allowing you to hone your penetration testing skills through hands-on experience on our live cyber ranges. These certified penetration testing ranges are dynamic, reflecting real-world scenarios. As the landscape of targets and technology evolves in live networks, the (C|PENT) practice and exam ranges mirror this reality. Our dedicated team of engineers continuously updates the course by adding new targets and defenses, ensuring its relevance throughout the CPENT course’s duration.

About Us

EC-Council was formed as the result of very disheartening research after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Founder, Jay Bavisi, after watching the attacks unfold, postured the question, what if a similar attack were to be carried out on the Cyber battlefield? Would the information security community have the tools and resources at their disposal to thwart such an attack?

At that time, the answer was no. EC-Council, officially incorporated as the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants was formed to create information security training and certification programs to help the very community our connected economy would rely on to save them from a devastating Cyber Attack. EC-Council rapidly gained the support of top researchers and subject matter experts around the world and launched its first Information Security Program, the Certified Ethical Hacker.

With this ever-growing team of subject matter experts and InfoSec researchers, EC-Council continued to build various standards, certifications and training programs in the electronic commerce and information security space.