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CPTA — Certified Penetration Testing Associate

Security Blue TeamInternationally recognized accreditation body
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Hands-on trainingReal-world labs & simulations
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Internationally accreditedBy global bodies
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International examOfficially recognized certificate
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Job-market readyIn-demand skills

About the certification

🎯 Start your offensive security path with Certified Penetration Testing Associate (CPTA) certification Centri's CPTA (formerly Security Blue Team) is Centri's first paid attack certificate, and a practical path to learning penetration testing: identifying, exploiting, and reporting vulnerabilities across infrastructure, web applications, and the cloud. The course includes more than 600 lessons, activities and tests, and more than 60 practical laboratories with about 100 training hours, using tools such as Metasploit, BurpSuite, BloodHound, Impacket and AWS. Recommended experience of 0 to 3 years, with a basic understanding of networks, Linux, and Windows.

What you'll learn

  • Penetration Testing Process
  • Network Discovery & Vulnerability Assessment
  • Password Attacks & Exploitation
  • Privilege Escalation (Linux / Windows)
  • Lateral Movement & Persistence
  • Active Directory Attacks
  • Web Application Attacks
  • AWS Penetration Testing
  • C2 & Red Teaming

Quick details

LevelBeginner
Delivery MethodOnline

Official certificate information

Exam duration
24 hours in total — 3 independent process laboratories (Infrastructure, Web Applications, AWS Cloud) each 8 hours, scheduled in any order within 12 months and the laboratory cannot be stopped after it starts. Immediate correction; success 70% and more in each laboratory, and gold 90% and more in each laboratory from the first attempt
Voucher validity
12 months from the date of activation (4 months separate course access)
Exam retake
Two attempts per lab, only the failing lab is returned, with a waiting period of 10 days before return; then a third and final £100 attempt with support approval (case by case assessed)
Certificate validity
Lifetime — Certificate does not expire and does not require renewal or maintenance fees