Intermediate Level
Instructor-Led
VirtualCompTIA PenTest+
Certification Prep Course
Intermediate LevelInstructor-LedVirtual
All ACI Learning courses (in-person and virtual) are taught by a live instructor with years of industry experience.
Validate your skills in core security functions that are essential for IT security roles.
The course does not offer any ACE credits.
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Job Outlook
This training as part of one of our programs can qualify you for possible roles:
- Security consultant
- Cloud penetration tester
- Web app penetration tester
- Cloud security specialist
- Network security specialist
- Network security operations
- Threat intelligence analyst
- Vulnerability analyst
- Penetration tester
With the support of AI-powered career services and expert mentors, you’ll be better prepared to land your first job in tech.
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Course details
targeted certification
(Exam voucher covered after meeting release requirements)
Course Duration
prerequisites
Security knowledge
An intermediate understanding of computer and security concepts is essential. Basic Windows user skills are required.
Recommended background
Completion of CompTIA A+ and Network+ courses is advised.
Equivalent knowledge accepted
3-4 years of hands-on information security or related experience is acceptable.
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Course overview for CompTIA PenTest+
Objectives
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Define and scope penetration testing strategies.
- Conduct reconnaissance and identify network vulnerabilities.
- Execute network, application, and cloud-based exploitations.
- Apply advanced tools for social engineering and physical testing.
- Use scripting for automation and report findings professionally.
Modules
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Amazing program overall, I have seen success first hand with this and at this pace I will get the Net+ and Sec+ certifications promptly. I like the in class course and competing with my peers, I feel like the class environment truly pushes one to excel.
Excellent course, but it should have been longer and geared more towards taking the certification immediately after course completion.
Overall, my experience with ACI Learning has been mixed. The instruction and material itself are solid, and I can see the value in the accelerated format, but there has been a lack of clarity and transparency around what is required to earn a certification voucher. I was under the impression that the voucher would be provided upon completion of the course, not that there would be additional required work outside of class. As someone balancing family responsibilities and limited free time, especially in the evenings after class, the expectation of mandatory homework is difficult to manage. If I had known this upfront, I may have reconsidered enrolling. Given that the program already runs four hours a day, five days a week, it would make more sense to incorporate these requirements into classroom time rather than making them a prerequisite completed at home. While I understand everyone’s schedules differ, optional extra study is reasonable—but making it mandatory for voucher eligibility feels misleading and unnecessarily restrictive. Our instructor was amazing let me make that clear and previous instructors as well, but i wouldn't do this over again knowing what i know now.