Certifications play a crucial role in the world of cybersecurity, fulfilling two main functions. First, they help you acquire knowledge and skills in various areas of cybersecurity, and second, they provide a way to demonstrate that you have that knowledge and skills. The problem is that, due to the large number of certifications available today, choosing the right one can be complicated.
In this article, we will explore different certifications that we consider to be solid options for those who want to specialize in the area of offensive security. All of them are totally practical and their exam simulates a real scenario in which various assets must be committed, since this is the best way to demonstrate that you have technical skills.
eJPT (Junior Penetration Tester)
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- Evaluation Methodologies: Find systems on a network, identify open ports, services and extract information about a company from public sources.
- Pentesting of Hosts and Networks: Identify vulnerabilities in systems, identify and modify exploit code, use of different tools such as metasploit, perform pivoting through port forwarding, perform brute force attacks and hash cracking.
- Web Application Pentesting: Identify vulnerabilities in web applications, enumerate hidden files and directories and exploit web vulnerabilities such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) or SQL injection.
- Host and Network Audit: List network and service information based on files found on target systems. Additionally, collect user account information on target systems and dump hashes.
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eWPT (Web Penetration Tester)
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- Accurately evaluate web applications according to methodological practices and industry standards, identifying vulnerabilities according to the OWASP web security testing guide.
- Extract information from websites using passive reconnaissance and OSINT techniques, as well as from the domains, subdomains, and IP addresses of a target organization.
- Examine web server metadata files for information exposure and determine the type, version, technologies or frameworks used in a web application.
- Analyze the structure of web applications to identify potential attack vectors and discover hidden files and directories not accessible through normal browsing.
- Identify and exploit vulnerabilities derived from the incorrect implementation of HTTP methods, as well as misconfigurations on web servers.
- Test web applications for default credentials and weak passwords, and bypass weak or broken authentication mechanisms.
- Identify and exploit session management vulnerabilities, as well as exploit vulnerable and outdated web application components.
- Perform brute force attacks against login forms and exploit command injection vulnerabilities for remote code execution.
- Identify and exploit reflected, stored XSS, and SQL injection vulnerabilities, as well as vulnerabilities in content managers such as WordPress.