PECB Certified Course: Lead Pen Test Professional

Plan, lead and report professional penetration tests across modern attack surfaces.

This advanced course combines technical penetration-testing practice with the management skills needed to lead an engagement. It covers ethics, risk-based scoping, infrastructure, web, mobile and social-engineering techniques, tool use, resource management, evidence analysis, reporting and follow-up.

Course at a glance

• Provider and awarding body: PECB.
• Learning format: PECB Self-Study (official course materials).
• Language: English.
• Level: Certified Lead Pen Test Professional.
• Examination and certification-application cycle: 12 months from purchase for the first examination attempt, the included free retake if needed, and the certification application.

What this course includes

• More than 450 pages of official PECB instructional materials containing explanations, guidance and practical examples.
• The first examination attempt and one free retake.
• The certification-application fee and the first year of the Annual Maintenance Fee, where applicable.
• A course-completion attestation worth 31 CPD credits, separate from the PECB professional credential.

What you will learn

After completing the course, the learner should be able to:

• explain penetration-testing concepts, principles and ethics;
• plan and scope a test according to risk and business needs;
• apply relevant tools and techniques across major testing areas;
• manage resources, analyse results, report and follow up.

Who this course is for

• Penetration testers, ethical hackers and cybersecurity professionals.
• IT professionals extending their technical security skills.
• Auditors, risk managers and incident handlers using security testing.
• Professionals preparing to lead or participate in penetration tests.

Prerequisites: PECB expects a fundamental understanding of penetration testing and comprehensive knowledge of cybersecurity.

Course outline

• Introduction to penetration testing, ethics, planning and scoping
• Technical foundations, knowledge and techniques, with practical exercises
• Conducting a penetration test using relevant tools and techniques
• Analysing test results, reporting and follow-up
• Certification exam

Exam and credential pathway

The exam covers penetration-testing principles and technical foundations, scoping and planning, test types and methods, infrastructure, application, mobile and social-engineering techniques, analysis, reporting and follow-up.

Passing the exam enables an application to the applicable PECB Pen Test Professional designation. Non-provisional designations require the specified professional and penetration-testing activity experience, in addition to application and ethics requirements.

Course completion, examination success, certification application and credential issuance are separate stages; the credential is not issued automatically.

For official course details, see the PECB Lead Pen Test Professional page.

Access and activation

The 12-month period for the first examination, included free retake and certification application begins on the purchase date.

Each order covers one learner. Wadi Solutions begins processing the PECB registration within one business day, and activation details are sent to the learner's email. Required enrolment details are shared with PECB for activation.

Continue your learning path

• Cybersecurity Foundation
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Foundation
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Transition
• ISO/IEC 27002 Foundation

Explore Penetration Testing courses to see the available options.

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