Pentest basics Hardening Workshop
RCCE students will learn penetration testing fundamentals including engagement scoping, rules of engagement, testing methodologies (OWASP, PTES, OSSTMM), vulnerability identification, exploitation, post-exploitation, and report writing. RCCE students will learn to plan and execute authorized penetration tests, perform network and application reconnaissance, identify and validate vulnerabilities, demonstrate business impact through controlled exploitation, maintain detailed testing notes, write professional penetration test reports with executive summaries and technical findings, prioritize remediation recommendations by risk severity, and conduct retesting to verify fixes. This hands-on hardening course focuses on reducing attack surface through practical configuration changes and security guardrails. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn to apply hardening baselines, validate configurations, and measure the security improvement achieved. Students walk away with actionable hardening checklists and the skills to maintain hardened configurations as environments evolve.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Pentest basics Hardening Workshop
- Execute hands-on tasks for pentest basics
- Execute hands-on tasks for hardening workshop
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for penetration testing — covering Scope and plan authorized engagements, Apply OWASP, PTES, OSSTMM methods.
- Execute hands-on tasks for module roadmap
- Execute hands-on tasks for hardening track — covering Engagement scoping and ROE.
- Execute hands-on tasks for what is penetration testing
- Execute hands-on tasks for vulnerability assessment
- Execute hands-on tasks for penetration test
- Execute hands-on tasks for black box
- Execute hands-on tasks for gray box
- Execute hands-on tasks for white box — covering No prior knowledge given, Partial knowledge provided.
| Module 01 | Pentest Basics |
| Module 02 | Hardening Workshop |
| Module 03 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 04 | Penetration Testing |
| Module 05 | Module Roadmap |
| Module 06 | Hardening Track |
| Module 07 | What Is Penetration Testing |
| Module 08 | Vulnerability Assessment |
| Module 09 | Penetration Test |
| Module 10 | Black Box |
| Module 11 | Gray Box |
| Module 12 | White Box |
| Module 13 | Engagement Scoping |
| Module 14 | Target Definition |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice pentest basics hardening workshop by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for pentest basics
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for hardening workshop
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for penetration testing
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for module roadmap
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Pentest basics Hardening Workshop, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI