Areas Covered

• Environment reconnaissance
• Network and vulnerability scanning
• Password attacks
• Vulnerability exploitation
• Privilege escalation
• Command and Control (C2)
• Active Directory attacks
• Linux and Windows penetration testing tools

Who is GX-PT for?

• Security professionals who excel at complex challenges and would like to:
• GPEN certification holders who have gained additional experience in penetration testing
• Offensive operations professionals who want to continue their journey to becoming an expert in their field

Exam Format

• 1 proctored exam
• Open book, open notes
• 4 hours
• Minimum passing score of 70%

Note:GIAC reserves the right to change the specifications for each certification without notice. Based on a scientific passing point study, the passing point for the GISF exam has been determined to be 72% for all candidates receiving access to their certification attempts on or after June 12th, 2018.

Delivery

NOTE: All GIAC Certification exams are web-based and required to be proctored. There are two proctoring options: remote proctoring through ProctorU, and onsite proctoring through PearsonVUE.

Course Details