Pentest basics Operations Playbook
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 operations-focused course delivers production-ready playbooks, checklists, and standard operating procedures. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to build repeatable day-to-day operational workflows that ensure consistency and quality. Students receive templates and frameworks they can customize and deploy immediately in their security operations, reducing time to operational effectiveness.
- 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 Operations Playbook
- Execute hands-on tasks for pentest basics
- Execute hands-on tasks for operations playbook
- Execute hands-on tasks for production-ready playbooks, checklists & sops for penetration testing
- Execute hands-on tasks for what is penetration testing?
- Execute hands-on tasks for key differentiators — covering Goes beyond vulnerability scanning, Validates whether flaws are exploitable.
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational value — covering Reduces breach probability via proactive testing, Satisfies compliance requirements (PCI, HIPAA).
- Execute hands-on tasks for skill level
- Execute hands-on tasks for vulnerability assessment
- Execute hands-on tasks for penetration test
- Execute hands-on tasks for network pentest
- Execute hands-on tasks for web application
- Execute hands-on tasks for physical security — covering Phishing simulations.
| Module 01 | Pentest Basics |
| Module 02 | Operations Playbook |
| Module 03 | Production-Ready Playbooks, Checklists & SOPs for Penetration Testing |
| Module 04 | What Is Penetration Testing? |
| Module 05 | Key Differentiators |
| Module 06 | Operational Value |
| Module 07 | Skill Level |
| Module 08 | Vulnerability Assessment |
| Module 09 | Penetration Test |
| Module 10 | Network Pentest |
| Module 11 | Web Application |
| Module 12 | Physical Security |
| Module 13 | Testing Perspectives: Black, Grey & White Box |
| Module 14 | Black Box |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice pentest basics operations playbook 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 operations playbook
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for production-ready playbooks, checklists & sops for penetration testing
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for what is penetration testing?
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for key differentiators
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Pentest basics Operations Playbook, 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