CPENT AI — Certified Penetration Testing Professional
EC-Council's professional-level penetration testing certification with a 24-hour live cyber range exam that covers network, IoT, OT/SCADA, and cloud environments. Scoring 90% or higher automatically earns the LPT Master designation with no additional exam. Not DoD 8140 approved. The 100% practical format is a genuine improvement over the purely theoretical CEH, but EC-Council's reputation in the practitioner community means CPENT still ranks below OSCP and CRTO for pure offensive credibility. More useful in enterprise environments where broad coverage matters and in Asian/Middle Eastern markets where EC-Council has stronger brand recognition.
| Issuer | EC-Council |
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| Level | expert |
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| Domains | Offensive Security, Application Security |
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| Practical weight | 100% |
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| Cost (USD) | 450 |
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| Renewal | 3 years ($250/yr continuing education fee) |
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| Skills | penetration_testing_methodology, network_scanning, privilege_escalation, active_directory_attacks, ics_security_fundamentals, cloud_security_fundamentals, report_writing |
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