Become a Certified Penetration Tester with HackTheBox CPTS!

00:00 HackTheBox CPTS
00:17 About CPTS
02:19 Active Directory
03:15 Reporting
06:44 The Exam
09:12 Some advice
11:41 Pricing
14:06 Final Thoughts

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[YondeCode]

I started IT 9 months ago and I completed like 30 modules, some took me so much time but I love this course !

[TheHangman]

Crazy that this costs like 1/3rd of the price of OSCP and looks like it might be a better exam and contain superior materials. I might have to take this exam for funsies to see how it compares to the OSCP/eCPPT. It really does looks like the best value since INE took over eLearn and blasted their prices through the roof.

[anonyghost]

Good to see it wont cost an arm and a leg. Plus having hands on labs definitely makes this cert interesting. Only time will tell if this cert is worth it but I think it has its place in the industry. Great video Mr. Hammond!

[prodge]

I had heard about CPTS when HTB released it, but It wasn't until now that I realized that it's possible to earn this cert in as little as 41 days! I know, I know, we're all on our own individual paths in life, but if they're confident in their numbers then I'll be damned if I don't do my best to be there at the end of march with my first ever cert. Thank you John, you're an awesome contributor to the community!

[sgtkeebler]

I have started the course! So far it is really good, and unlike OSCP it won’t completely bankrupt me. I am on the student plan which is $8 USD. I am doing the CPTS for purple team training. I just completed the Blue Team Level 1 exam, and now I am working on CPTS and Elearn Security certified threat hunter

[FrcTv]

i won the hackthebox 25 years celebration giveaway and won a silver anual voucher which makes that i get the rest of the modules i havent done and a free exam voucher so im super excited and nervous <3

[setsura]

Thanks for the review, I am going to go thru the course material and work on this exam first, then get OSCP, this is a 1 stone to birds path.

[hakitajs]

I am definitely interesting. Just to get money 1th.I've already started with the basics, I'm heroically conquering new points :).I'm really glad that there are people like you, to encourage, interest, and to teach people, to be masters together, and to be each other's great rivals, but never enemies :)

[ltnlabs]

Educational institutions should map their curriculum to HTB Academy and CPTS. The curriculum is phenomenal and the skills learners gain are job-ready for sure. Ill be working on mapping to it from the college Im at.

[hashaamiftekhar]

I would like you to take this CPTS Exam so that proper honest review can come up. Like literally, modules are really well organized and up-to-date, which meets the standards. looking forward to take this one.
Just wrote it down on my list and aimed at it.

[snazzycipher]

As a mom and homemaker reentering the workplace, this cert sounds more realistic than the 24 hour, adult diaper wearing, wannabe military sniper, pentest certs.

[ThereWillBeCake]

Thanks for the overview man. Looking at starting this course this year.

[gurneyh]

I have a pretty good background in pentesting. I've done some professionally. I've worked on and off on the OSCP but time constrains were always an issue. While this cert doesn't currently have the prestige of the OSCP I'm wondering if it would be a good training ground for doing the OSCP. Thoughts?

[Dalai]

Thank you for all the information you shared

[zakb.]

I am coming from Software development position as a Java developer and all I can tell is how interesting and worth the money that CPTS path is. Im through some modules and I am so happy to have tried it already.

[imranthoufeeque]

Hello John, If you take the CPTS exam i would request you to post the video about converting that report template to .md format.. You already showed it for OSCP using the pando but we need to find a way here as well.

[smartsalmon]

I hope this gets big on HR, I want to take this, and I probably will after OSCP, but it sucks that there are so many newer and better certs that just never count for anything with HR. It feels like a tradeoff of gaining skill vs gaining HR points. Not that OSCP is bad, but it's not what I'd choose these days to become a qualified entry-mid level pentester.

[illusionsingh]

Next Year This cert will be mine
Because this year I'm focusing on OSCP

[defnlife]

I like this. I wish they didn't have a Discord as the main forum though. Discord mines a lot of customer data, including a history of all the chats, IP ADDR, etc.

[zacharyoff]

I know HTB markets themselves to beginners wanting to learn… But even their beginner stuff feels like it’s at a fairly intermediate level.

It’s like they are trying to brute force the info into you

Also… yes. Cubes are confusing and stupid