Pentest basics Threats and Detection
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 threat-focused course teaches students to think like adversaries while building robust defenses. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to analyze attack techniques, build detection logic, and implement defensive strategies that proactively identify threats before they cause damage. Students develop a threat-informed mindset that drives better security decisions across all operational activities.
- 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 Threats and Detection
- Execute hands-on tasks for pentest basics:
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn — covering Pentest planning and scoping, Methodology frameworks.
- Execute hands-on tasks for threat-informed defense — covering Analyze attacker techniques.
- Execute hands-on tasks for hands-on skills — covering Authorized penetration test.
- Execute hands-on tasks for what is penetration testing?
- Execute hands-on tasks for key principles — covering Authorized simulation of real-world attacks, Written authorization is mandatory.
- 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 black box
| Module 01 | Pentest Basics: |
| Module 02 | Threats and Detection |
| Module 03 | Course Overview |
| Module 04 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 05 | Threat-Informed Defense |
| Module 06 | Hands-On Skills |
| Module 07 | What Is Penetration Testing? |
| Module 08 | Key Principles |
| Module 09 | Skill Level |
| Module 10 | Vulnerability Assessment |
| Module 11 | Penetration Test |
| Module 12 | Black Box |
| Module 13 | White Box |
| Module 14 | Gray Box |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice pentest basics threats and detection 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: Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Lab 3: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for threat-informed defense
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Pentest basics Threats and Detection, 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