Why is CPENT essential in 2025?

Cybersecurity continues to play a central role in protecting businesses, institutions and even governments. In this context, the CPENT (Certified Penetration Testing Professional) imposes itself in 2025 as the certification for Red Teaming professionals, advanced slopers and anyone who wants to specialize in simulated attack of complex systems.

Then why such a craze? Because the CPENT goes well beyond a simple QCM. It's a skill test. live, where each action counts. The exam is in the form of a virtual laboratory in which the candidate must compromise machines, rotate, bypass firewalls, attack complex Windows environments... in just 12 hours!

What is the CPENT ?

The CPENT is a certification issued by the EC-Council. Unlike conventional exams, it takes place in a virtual environment where you are given targets to compromise and goals to fulfill. In short, it's like you're on a real mission.

What you need to know:

• The examination takes place in two sessions of 6 hours, totaling 12 hours of purely practical evaluation.
• We must reach 70% success to obtain certification, and 90% to obtain the prestigious title of Licensed Penetration Tester.
• It assesses highly sought-after skills, such as pivoting in restricted environments,active directory attack, the manipulation of air-gapped networks orZero-day fault operation.

CPENT vs. other certifications: why is it better?

Certification	Duration of examination	Authorized tools	Realism of scenarios	Prices
CPENT	12 noon	✅ No restrictions	✅ Realistic scenarios	💰 1199 $
OSCP	24 hours	❌ Limitations on Metasploit	❌ Less realistic	💰 1599 $
CEH	4 hours	✅ Yes	✅ Realistic scenarios	💰 1199 $

The CPENT is shorter, more practical and more flexible. It leaves a great freedom of tooling, which is perfect to simulate real slopest missions. And most importantly, it is less stressful the OSCP, while also being (or even more) recognized by recruiters.

What profiles should the CPENT target?

The CPENT is addressed to all those who:

• Work or want to work in Red Team or Blue Team.
• Already have a base in offensive cybersecurity, with certifications such as CEH, eJPT or eCPPT.
• Search for certification practice-based Not theory.
• Aspire to highly qualified positions : safety consultant, senior slopester, Red Teamer, offensive SOC specialist...

Securevalley CPENT Training – The reference in 2025

Among the many CPENT training offers, Securevalley in 2025 as the number 1 choice for those who want a complete, intensive and results-oriented preparation.

Why choose Securevalley to train at CPENT?

Securevalley designed a training exclusively dedicated to the CPENT examination, aligned with the EC-Council criteria. This is not a simple video course: it is a Total disposal in advanced Red Teaming scenarios, such as those you will find during the exam.

This is why this training is popular:

• ✔️ Direct access to the official CPENT Cyber Range
• ✔️ Realistic and up-to-date lab environments, designed with the help of experts in the field
• ✔️ Support by CPENT certified trainers, with personalized feedback
• ✔️ Hand-on approach 100% practical

You don't just learn: you experience professional slopest, with the same tools, the same obstacles, the same tensions... but in an educational setting.

Content of the programme Securevalley CPENT

The programme is structured into 5 main modules:

1. Recognition and advanced scanning
2. Active Directory
3. Attacks in partitioned and air-gapped environments
4. Post-intrusion exploitation, increased privileges and persistence
5. Reporting, Exfiltration and Trace Coverage

Each module is accompanied by:

• Practical labs
• Self-assessment
• Coaching sessions
• Access to records
• CPENT examination simulations

Available formats and training rates

Securevalley offers its CPENT training in several formats:

• Online in autonomy : ideal for remote workers
• Online with coaching : to benefit from live sessions with a trainer
• Present (Paris, Lyon, Montreal) : small intensive group

Tariff : From 900 $

An investment that may seem important... but justified if you want to succeed first shot and start a high-level career In offensive cybersecurity.

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