As a Junior Penetration Tester you will support the team in performing penetration tests. The course enables you to understand and correctly interpret the results of a penetration test. You will also be able to perform small penetration tests after this course. In the Junior Penetration Tester course, we teach you everything you need to know.

The course to become a certified junior penetration tester consists of eleven topics. Building on the legal foundations, you will move through a specially prepared hacking lab. During the course and the exam, you will demonstrate your acquired knowledge in this realistic lab. Your tasks include enumerating systems and services, identifying vulnerabilities, exploiting them in a controlled manner, and documenting the security holes you find.

Script Kiddies, Kali Linux, Metasploit, Zero day Exploit and Co. are terms that have become more and more established in the media mainstream. Every day, black hat hackers develop thousands of new exploits to exploit vulnerabilities. Much is already being done to counteract the problem, but cybercriminals are becoming increasingly creative and rigorous. This makes it all the more important to ensure that IT networks are adequately protected. With so-called penetration tests, computers or networks are subjected to a comprehensive security check. The aim here is to identify vulnerabilities, uncover sources of error and ultimately increase security at the technical and organizational level.

As a graduate of the certificate course "Junior Penetration Tester" you have a special qualification in the field of IT security: the practical ability to take up an investigation of IT infrastructural vulnerabilities within a company.

This is realized through practice-oriented teaching and independent application of the learning content. During the course, the participants are in a specially designed E-LAB.

The Lab does not consist of a flat network, but contains different attackable, documented services, which are separated into several network areas by security systems. In addition to port scans and the various testing methods, the course teaches a cross-section of attack techniques, related to OSI Layer 1-4.

The Junior Penetration Tester offers a sound introduction to the technical component for identifying vulnerabilities. Building on this, we offer the Professional Penetration Tester and the Senior Penetration Tester. The advanced certificate seminars are more in-depth according to the learning content. In addition, the measures for preventing and closing IT infrastructural vulnerabilities are taught.

We recommend a completed education or study in the IT field, but do not require this. To be able to apply the course contents, you need Linux knowledge, network understanding as well as practice in using a system without graphical user interface (by using shell or CMD). Practical IT experience and understanding are required.

Upon successful completion of the certification exam, you can receive the Junior Penetration Tester by ProSec certificate for a fee. This certificate proves that you have acquired basic knowledge in the field of ethical hacking.

Furthermore, you have the opportunity to specialize in the field of penetration tester and to further expand and use the knowledge imparted. Building on the Junior Penetration Tester certificate course and the specialization, you can then start the Professional Penetration Tester.

For a fee, if you pass the exam, you also have the option of receiving a certificate (IHK) from the IHK Academy Koblenz e.V.