Exam MK0-201: CPTS Certified Penetration Testing Specialist

You may have heard a lot about hackers breaking into systems to retrieve vital or confidential information. Hackers have also been known to break into websites, and many other places. Did you know that there is a good use for hackers? If you were a hacker at one time or know how to hack into a computer, you would do well to use your skills for good, by earning your MK0-201: CPTS Certified Penetration Testing Specialist. By taking and passing this certification, you have proved you know about security and its vulnerabilities, and know what type of methods or devices that can expose a system to serious threats. This way you can help protect the system and keep it hacker-proof.

There are 15 areas that will be covered in the exam. These areas are summarized as follows:

Section one: Introduction
Section two: Business and Technical Logistics of penetration Testing
Section three: Information Gathering
Section four: Linux Fundamentals
Section five: Detecting Live Systems
Section six: Reconnaissance - Enumeration
Section seven: Cryptography
Section eight: Vulnerability Assessments
Section nine: Malware - Software Goes Undercover
Section ten: Hacking Windows
Section eleven: Advanced Vulnerability and Exploitation Techniques
Section Twelve: Attacking Wireless Networks
Section Thirteen: Networks, Firewalls, Sniffing, and IDS
Section Fourteen: Injecting the Database
Section Fifteen: Attacking Web Technologies

There will be a total of 100 questions with a two hour time frame to complete the exam. You need to get 80% to pass the exam and get certified.

If you work in the IT field and you are familiar with hacking, or understand what penetrating security systems is all about, you would do well to give yourself a huge advantage. By taking a professional certification from TestKing, you are letting the IT world know you are the man and that you know enough to be recognized in the industry as a certified hacker or penetration testing specialist.