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CompTIA Pentest (PT0-003)

8 Courses
17 Labs
25 Hours
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The CompTIA Pentest+ (PT0-003) certification is a testament to the proficiency and expertise of cybersecurity professionals in the field of penetration testing. As an industry-recognized credential, it validates the skills required to plan, conduct, analyze, and report on penetration tests effectively.

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Individuals who hold the CompTIA Pentest+ certification demonstrate a deep understanding of penetration testing methodologies, techniques, and tools used to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within an organization's network, applications, and systems. They possess the technical acumen to simulate real-world cyber attacks, assess the security posture of target environments, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance resilience against potential threats.

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Engagement Management for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Ricardo Reimao
  • 1h 19m
  • Oct 14, 2024
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Reconnaissance and Enumeration for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Ricardo Reimao
  • 1h 14m
  • Nov 07, 2024
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Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Ricardo Reimao
  • 54m
  • Dec 06, 2024
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Attacks and Exploits: Network and Application Attacks for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Dale Meredith
  • 1h 28m
  • Jan 22, 2025
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Attacks and Exploits: Specialized Attacks for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Dale Meredith
  • 2h 26m
  • Feb 06, 2025
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Post-exploitation and Lateral Movements for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Dale Meredith
  • 1h 28m
  • Mar 05, 2025
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Exam Review and Tips for CompTIA Pentest+
  • by Ricardo Reimao
  • 25m
  • Dec 26, 2024
Hands-on Labs for PenTest+

Prepare for the certification exam by gaining extra hands-on experience and practice with our labs!

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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
  • by Aaron Rosenmund
  • 6m
  • Oct 07, 2021
Lab
Web Attacks: SQL Injection
  • by Gavin Johnson-Lynn
  • 50m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Web Attacks: Enumeration
  • by Lee Allen
  • 1h 40m
  • Aug 04, 2025
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Web Attacks: Command Injection
  • by Riley Kidd
  • 1h 5m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Web Attacks: Brute Force with Burp Suite
  • by Lee Allen
  • 50m
  • Aug 05, 2025
Lab
Web Attacks: Automated Scanning with OWASP Zap
  • by Laurentiu Raducu
  • 55m
  • Aug 04, 2025
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Web Attacks: XSS
  • by Laurentiu Raducu
  • 30m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Malware Analysis: Debugging and Reverse Engineering
  • by Shimon Brathwaite
  • 45m
  • Jul 30, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: Command and Control
  • by Rishalin Pillay
  • 1h 15m
  • Aug 05, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: Defense Evasion
  • by Sean Wilkins
  • 1h
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: IOT Devices
  • by Kevin Cardwell
  • 40m
  • Jul 30, 2025
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Network Attacks: Metasploit Payloads
  • by Bri Frost
  • 1h 25m
  • Jul 30, 2025
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Network Analysis: Network and Host Discovery
  • by Craig Stansbury
  • 45m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: Phishing & Malicious Links
  • by Sahil Gupta
  • 40m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: Privilege Escalation
  • by Rishalin Pillay
  • 55m
  • Aug 05, 2025
Lab
Network Attacks: Reverse Shells
  • by Rishalin Pillay
  • 1h
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Authentication: Certificates
  • by Shimon Brathwaite
  • 1h
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab
Active Defense: Honeypots
  • by Shimon Brathwaite
  • 50m
  • Aug 04, 2025
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Ricardo Reimao
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Ricardo is a Cybersecurity Consultant based in Toronto (Canada). He has 14+ years of IT experience, 10 of them in the IT Security field. His main interests are: SIEM solutions (IBM QRadar), Enterprise Security Risk, Penetration Testing, Security processes/procedures and Network Security.
Dale Meredith
Dale Meredith
Dale Meredith has been a Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor EC-Council for the past 15 years, and Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 20 years. Dale also has an additional 7 years of senior IT management experience and worked as a CTO for a popular ISP provider. Dale's expertise is in explaining difficult concepts and ensuring his students have an actionable knowledge of the course material. Straddling the line of fun and function, Dale's instruction is memorable and entertaining. Dale's knowl...
Aaron Rosenmund
Aaron Rosenmund
Aaron M. Rosenmund is a cyber security operations subject matter expert, with a background in federal and business defensive and offensive cyber operations and system automation. Leveraging his administration and automation experience, Aaron actively contributes to multiple open and closed source security operation platform projects and continues to create tools and content to benefit the community. As an educator & cyber security researcher at Pluralsight, he is focused on advancing cyber secur...
Gavin Johnson-Lynn
Gavin Johnson-Lynn
Gavin has 20 years’ experience writing software in regulated environments and for global organisations. The last five years of his development career were spent with a focus on security, becoming the security lead for a significant payments project at a FTSE 100 company. He has experience with languages from COBOL to .Net and many languages in between. Gavin's experience of secure development revealed a passion for security, leading him to become a speaker and blogger on the subject. He has held...
Lee Allen
Lee Allen
With over two decades of experience in the security industry, Lee is a seasoned professional with a proven track record of delivering top-notch security services to a diverse range of organizations. From Internet Service Providers and computer manufacturers to global pharmaceutical companies, public universities, and a major bank, Lee has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. With experience as a leader of the penetration testing team at a large bank, Lee has developed deep expe...
Riley Kidd
Riley Kidd
Riley has technical security consultancy experience – leading and building teams to deliver projects and outcomes for clients. He has created and facilitated technical trainings across secure coding, python for hackers, offensive operations, and Capture The Flag competitions. Riley has created technical educational content across YouTube, TCM Academy, and his personal Capture The Flag platform – 247CTF. Riley holds a number of certifications including OSCP, OSCE, OSED, OSWE, OSEP, CRTO, CRTL, C...
Laurentiu Raducu
Laurentiu Raducu
It all began in highschool, when Laurentiu first started his path in the computer science journey. Initially he started with C++, and fell in love quickly with the prospect of learning to develop software. Thanks to his passion for chess, his first computer program was a console-based ASCII chess game developed in C++. After a while, during university, Laurentiu started to experiment with other OOP programming languages, like Java, Kotlin or Python. He started to play with different tech stacks ...
Shimon Brathwaite
Shimon Brathwaite
Shimon Brathwaite is a seven-year cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management and Consulting. He has worked at one of the Big Four consulting firms, multiple of Canada’s largest banks and in startup environments. In addition to his full-time work, he runs a blog securitymadesimple.org, a consulting company and is a published author with four books on cybersecurity. He is open for engagements related to cybers...
Rishalin Pillay
Rishalin Pillay
Rishalin is a prolific author and cybersecurity expert. He has authored several video courses on Pluralsight, as well as three books: "Learn Penetration Testing", "Offensive Shellcode from Scratch." and "Ethical Hacking Workshop". He is also a technical contributor to many other books on topics such as dark web analysis, Kali Linux, offensive security, and SECOPS. He has received the Microsoft Content Publisher Gold and Platinum awards for his contributions to the cybersecurity industry. Rishal...
Sean Wilkins
Sean Wilkins
Sean Wilkins, with over two decades of experience in the IT industry, serves as a distinguished networking consultant and contributor at Tech Building Blocks. His professional journey spans multiple prominent enterprises, underlining his extensive field expertise. Sean's credentials include esteemed certifications from Cisco (CCNP/CCDP), Microsoft (MCSE), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+). Academically, he has achieved a Master’s of Science in Information Technology, specializing in Network Architec...
Kevin Cardwell
Kevin Cardwell
Kevin Cardwell provides consulting services for companies throughout the world and is an adviser to numerous government entities across the globe. He is an instructor, technical editor, and author for computer forensics and hacking courses. He is author of Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing, first and second edition.
Bri Frost
Bri Frost
With many years of experience in cybersecurity, Bri brings a red-team mindset to security training. As the Director of Security and IT Ops Curriculum at Pluralsight, she crafts high-impact courses that teach professionals how to defend against real-world cyber threats by understanding attacker techniques. She has led cyber exercises focused on adversary emulation for the Department of Defense, providing critical insights into offensive security tactics. Additionally, her background includes netw...
Craig Stansbury
Craig Stansbury
Craig has over 10 years of IT experience, including working on Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco Routes and Switches, Microsoft Servers, and VMWare ESXi. Craig started in IT in the United States Marine Corps and began teaching his Marines all the design and implementation concepts that they needed to know. He loves when his students have the "lightbulb moment" and are able to understand the concepts he is teaching them. Aside from teaching, Craig also owns a business that consults with enterprises to h...
Sahil Gupta
Sahil Gupta
Sahil Gupta is a skilled cybersecurity professional with a focus on Product Security. Their expertise lies in implementing DevSecOps practices such as SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST, RASP, WAF, Cloud Native Security, and Supply Chain Security. With certifications including Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv10), IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional, and Fortify DAST and SAST Certified Specialist, they excel in conducting comprehensive Penetration testing for Web and API applications. Renowned for their pro...

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