The CRT course leads to the CREST Registered Tester (CRT) examination, which is recognised by the NCSC as providing the minimum standard for CHECK Team Member status and is designed to assess a candidate’s ability to carry out basic vulnerability assessment and penetration testing tasks.
The CREST Registered Tester exam is a practical assessment, where the candidate will be expected to find known vulnerabilities across common network, application and database technologies aimed at assessing the candidate’s technical knowledge of penetration testing methodology and skills against reference networks, hosts and applications.
A pass at CPSA level is a pre-requisite for the Registered Tester examination and success at both CPSA and CRT will confer the CREST Registered status to the individual. An individual passing the CPSA but failing the practical element, which is this CRT exam, will still retain the CPSA Practitioner certificate and may apply to re-take the CRT practical exam at a later date, when they feel that they are ready to do so. Individuals who pass the CRT exam can request that their information be provided to the NCSC to be considered for CHECK Team Member Status. CPSA is available as a separate course.
A pass at CPSA level is a pre-requisite for the Registered Tester examination.
MODULE 1 - Core Technical Skills
MODULE 2 - Background Information Gathering & Open Source
MODULE 3 - Networking Equipment
MODULE 4 - Microsoft Windows Security Assessment
MODULE 5 - Unix Security Assessment
MODULE 6 - Web Technologies
MODULE 7 - Web Testing Techniques
MODULE 8 - Databases
MODULE 9 - Preparation for CRT exam