Pentest basics for Beginners: 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. Designed for students with no prior experience in this area, this course builds knowledge from the ground up with clear explanations, guided demonstrations, and progressive skill-building. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn core concepts through practical examples that connect theory to real-world security operations. By completion, students will have the foundational knowledge and hands-on confidence needed to contribute in professional cybersecurity roles.
- 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 for Beginners: Workshop
- Execute hands-on tasks for workshop — offensive security fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for understand pentest fundamentals — covering penetration testing purpose.
- Execute hands-on tasks for master methodologies & scoping — covering Apply OWASP, PTES, OSSTMM, Write rules of engagement, Scope engagements accurately.
- Execute hands-on tasks for apply owasp, ptes, osstmm — covering Write rules of engagement, Scope engagements accurately.
- Execute hands-on tasks for perform recon & exploitation — covering Conduct passive/active reconnaissance.
- Execute hands-on tasks for report & remediate — covering Write professional pentest reports.
- Execute hands-on tasks for what is penetration testing?
- Execute hands-on tasks for key principle — covering Always authorized — never without permission.
- Execute hands-on tasks for vulnerability scan
- Execute hands-on tasks for penetration test
- Execute hands-on tasks for red team exercise
| Module 01 | Workshop — Offensive Security Fundamentals |
| Module 02 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 03 | Understand Pentest Fundamentals |
| Module 04 | Master Methodologies & Scoping |
| Module 05 | Apply OWASP, PTES, OSSTMM |
| Module 06 | Perform Recon & Exploitation |
| Module 07 | Report & Remediate |
| Module 08 | What Is Penetration Testing? |
| Module 09 | Key Principle |
| Module 10 | Vulnerability Scan |
| Module 11 | Penetration Test |
| Module 12 | Red Team Exercise |
| Module 13 | Bug Bounty |
| Module 14 | Security Audit |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice pentest basics for beginners: 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 workshop — offensive security fundamentals
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for understand pentest fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for master methodologies & scoping
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for apply owasp, ptes, osstmm
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Pentest basics for Beginners: 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