How Much Can I Make with a CompTIA PenTest+ Certification?

IT cybersecurity offers countless paths to fulfilling jobs and rewarding pay – you determine the direction and, ultimately, how much money you can earn with CompTIA PenTest+. Not everyone has the same reason for getting certified. In general, you can apply your CompTIA PenTest+ certification in the following ways: Attract the attention of employers with an endorsement of your skills that is respected globally and industry-wide. Position yourself as a top candidate for intermediate-level cybersecurity positions. Confirm to yourself that you’ve mastered the latest skills and concepts that act as the foundation of a career in penetration testing. In all scenarios, CompTIA PenTest+ can serve as a springboard for cybersecurity careers, ensuring pen testing professionals are better prepared to solve a wide variety of issues when securing and defending networks in today’s complicated business computing landscape.

What are the jobs That Require or Benefit from a CompTIA PenTest+ Certification?

Aspiring to an intermediate-level point for your cybersecurity career, as well as your aspirations and how much work you’re willing to put into growing your career, have great impact on how much you can make in any job. Security is no exception. Here are a few common job titles that use CompTIA PenTest+: Penetration tester Vulnerability tester Security analyst (II) Vulnerability assessment analyst Network security operations Application security vulnerability The job roles covered by CompTIA PenTest+ are categorized under Information Security Analysts by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of jobs in this category is expected to grow by more than 31 percent by 2029. The median pay in 2019 was $99,730.

CT-PENTEST+: CompTIA PenTest+

Overview

CompTIA PenTest+ is a penetration testing certification for cybersecurity professionals tasked with penetration testing and vulnerability assessment and management and is an intermediate-skills level cybersecurity certification that focuses on offensive skills through pen testing and vulnerability assessment. Cybersecurity professionals with CompTIA PenTest+ know how plan, scope, and manage weaknesses, not just exploit them.

This CompTIA Penetration testing course focuses on offense through penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. It involves launching attacks on systems, discovering the vulnerabilities and managing them. In this CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002) course, you will be introduced to some general concepts and methodologies related to pen testing, and you will work your way through a simulated pen test for a fictitious company.

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Skills Covered

CompTIA PenTest+ assesses the most up-to-date penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment and management skills necessary to determine the resiliency of the network against attacks. The CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam will verify successful candidates have the knowledge and skills required to:

Plan and scope penetration tests.
Conduct passive reconnaissance.
Perform non-technical tests to gather information.
Conduct active reconnaissance.
Analyze vulnerabilities.
Penetrate networks.
Exploit host-based vulnerabilities.
Test applications.
Complete post-exploit tasks.
Analyze and report pen test results.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for IT professionals who want to develop penetration testing skills to enable them to identify information-system vulnerabilities and effective remediation techniques for those vulnerabilities. Target students who also need to offer practical recommendations for action to properly protect information systems and their contents will derive those skills from this course.

This official CompTIA certification course is also designed for individuals who are preparing to take the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam PT0-002, or who plan to use PenTest+ as the foundation for more advanced security certifications or career roles. Individuals seeking this certification should have three to four years of hands-on experience performing penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and vulnerability management.

CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002) from CompTIA on Vimeo.

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