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The vendor-neutral, performance-based exam validates up-to-date skills needed to assess resilience against real-world attacks. It is DoD-approved under Directive 8570.01-M/8140 and accredited to the ISO 17024 standard. Coverage spans planning and scoping, information gathering, attacks and exploits, reporting, and tools and code analysis.","PenTest+ ™ For Government Agencies and  \nContractors  \nGo on Cyber Offense with PenTest+ Certification  \nFor red teams tasked with improving an agency's security posture.  \nWHAT IS PenTest+?  \nCompTIA PenTest+ is a vendor-neutral, performance-based certification that assesses the most up-to-date penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment and management skills necessary to determine the resiliency of networks against attacks.  \nWHO IS PenTest+ FOR?  \nPenTest+ is for intermediate skills level cybersecurity professionals who are tasked with hands-on penetration testing to identify, exploit, report, and manage vulnerabilities on a network. 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