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Persistence and Lateral Movement for Offensive Security Professionals

To fully evaluate a target environment during a penetration test, you need to maintain access and move between systems effectively. This course will teach you persistence and lateral movement needed for the OSCP exam.

Advanced
1h 17m

Created by Matt Glass

Last Updated Feb 24, 2026

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Persistence and Lateral Movement for Offensive Security Professionals

To fully evaluate a target environment during a penetration test, you need to maintain access and move between systems effectively. This course will teach you persistence and lateral movement needed for the OSCP exam.

Advanced
1h 17m

Created by Matt Glass

Last Updated Feb 24, 2026

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What you'll learn

Persistence and lateral movement techniques are essential to access additional systems and maintain access when conducting a penetration test. In this course, Persistence and Lateral Movement for Offensive Security Professionals, you’ll learn to maintain access to compromised systems and use them as a pivot point to compromise additional systems. First, you’ll explore persistence techniques to maintain access through account changes and reboots. Next, you’ll discover tunneling techniques to mask traffic. Finally, you’ll learn how to use lateral movement to access additional systems behind a firewall. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of persistence and lateral movement needed for the OSCP exam.

Persistence and Lateral Movement for Offensive Security Professionals
Advanced
1h 17m
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Matt Glass - Pluralsight course - Persistence and Lateral Movement for Offensive Security Professionals
Matt Glass
34 courses 4.6 author rating 378 ratings

Matt Glass is an IT Project Manager in Stuttgart, Germany, working as a government contractor. He has more than 12 years of IT experience in a variety of roles.

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