NEXUSGUARD ACADEMY

Nexusguard Certified Pentester (NCP)

The course was designed by Nexusguard consultants who have years of experience in exploiting the loopholes of organizations and exposing the gaps that need to be remediated to avoid a compromise.

This course is intended for information security professionals who want to take a leap forward in their career and become a professional in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT):

The course addresses a wide range of topics. Lessons range from in country laws and regulations showcasing the importance of VAPT towards driving compliance. Build your own InfoSec team and strategically position VAPT as part of your Red Team initiatives. Review your gaps by assessing your own security controls to actual hands on by penetrating into systems using our virtual labs. Determine your organization’s future state by participating in workshops about threat modeling and maturity models. Test all those learnings in cyber drills simulating crisis situations.

The goal is to better position your InfoSec team to more effectively identify threats and bring back that knowledge to your organization.

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Who should attend

  • Security analysts/vulnerability assessors
  • Security researchers/web developers
  • Ethical hackers
  • Penetration testers
  • Cybersecurity professionals
  • Cybersecurity managers
  • Information security managers

Who should attend

  • A minimum of 6 month experience in IT or security-related background
  • Basic knowledge in TCP/IP
  • Basic knowledge in web application technology
  • Basic knowledge in windows and linux commands

The Skills You’ll Gain

The course is a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises so the student will be more effective when it comes to the art of penetration testing. At the end of this course, the student will be able to show a mastery of the cybersecurity kill chain, being able to find vulnerabilities and exploit them.

Upon Completion

The student will also be provided with the Nexusguard Certified Pentester (NCP) certification which is highly sought after across the industry because of its real-life application.

Course Structure

The 100-hour course is broken down into the following learning activities and assessments to validate the knowledge and practical skills acquired the student, who makes progress towards achieving the certification at the end of the course.

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