🎙️ HTB Stories #10: Becoming a Certified Pentester w/ Dbougioukas & mrb3n

📣 #HTB has now launched its very first Penetration Testing certification!
In this AmA, we are hosting mrb3n and Dimitris Bougioukas, 2 accomplished and highly technical Cybersecurity professionals with r0adrunn3r, Community Manager and hacker, to discuss how to become a pentester through HTB CPTS, how to successfully pass the exam, tips & tricks, and any other question from the community!

👉 The best part? Submit your questions here: https://bit.ly/cptsama
3 lucky submitters will be selected and WIN 1 HTB Academy Silver Annual subscription each - which includes full access to the Penetration Tester path and one exam voucher 🎁

See you soon on the stream. Keep on hacking, keep on rocking! 😎
00:00 - Intro
17:30 - What is the main motivation to design this course?
24:20 - How good would a CPTS holder be in doing web or network penetration testing?
26:30 - How did your industry experience with clients in the past influence CPTS?
32:45 - How much time does it take to become a CPTS?
38:10 - Is their labs availible to practice with the Penetration tester path
41:30 - For someone who is not currently in the industry, do you believe CPTS course alone is sufficient to pass the exam?
43:35 - Once completing the course, how soon could i expect to be work ready?
47:39 - Will this course be able to make students ready for real life pentests which are unlike CTF's
51:05 - Should i first take CBBH or CPTS, I'd want to pass them both eventaully, but is their a preferred order
54:00 - Do you think that this certification is appropirate for a beginner in the infosec field?
56:00 - How long should it take to complete the training?
01:00:00 - Since the technical field moves so fast, what will be done to make sure the information stays current?
01:02:50 - Will the certification have an expiry period? if so, how does the renewal work?
01:05:00 - How will we show this to employers?
01:06:00 - How's CPTS compared to other industry standard pentesting certifications?
01:13:00 - As the cert is new, how do you plan on getting credibility on the industry for this to be accepted as other certs that has been on the market longer?
01:19:00 - As there many entry level pentestings certifications around, how does the learning approach differ from other similar certs?
01:21:00 - Are their any plans to translate the course into other languages?
01:23:00 - Is their student pricing?
01:23:30 - What is the exam machines difficulty level as compared to standard HTB Machines?
01:27:15 - The exam machines are more real world or ctf style?
01:30:10 - Is the exam similar to a prolab?
01:32:00 - Is their any challenges on the exam? or just machines
01:33:00 - Considering the 10 day long exam, if you have a full time job, how much time is actually needed on the network / can it be done alongside a fulltime job
01:34:00 - Is their any type of company that will benifit the most of a CPTS's skills
01:39:00 - Is there a discount for a team to do CPTS training together?
01:40:00 - Can my company pay for me to get CPTS?