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Penetration Testing

Penetration testing as a workmanlike practice. PEN-101 walks the full kill chain from reconnaissance through post-exploitation on academy-hosted CTF targets. The lab discipline (write your own tools when commercial frameworks lie to you; document every step in a real client-facing report; map every finding to a CVE or a primitive) is the differentiator.

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Introduction to Penetration Testing

12th Grade — Offensive Stream

Full engagement lifecycle a professional pen tester executes: scoping, reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation, privilege escalation, lateral movement, reporting. Capstone: five-day simulated engagement with client-style report.

~122 hr
Prereq: SEC-101 + NET-101 + FND-102
Equipment: None (laptop-only; Kali Linux VM + free tooling)
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