Black Hat is partnering with The SecOps Group to launch an impartial examination monitor on the upcoming Black Hat USA convention.
The examination monitor will permit attendees to enroll in a certification examination, known as Black Hat Licensed Pentester (BCPen), to display particular, real-world data of penetration testing. “We’re aiming to supply an genuine and credible certification that’s up-to-date and represents actual life enterprise dangers,” says Sumit ‘Sid’ Siddharth, the CEO of The SecOps Group.
Different certification exams could also be added to the monitor sooner or later.
The BCPen examination covers all kinds of matters involving each utility and infrastructure safety domains, similar to community penetration testing, Energetic Listing penetration testing, internet and API penetration testing, in addition to Linux and cloud safety matters, says Siddharth. In response to the Black Hat web site, the sensible examination will probably be break up into two elements – with each the Net Hacking and Infrastructure Hacking sections carrying the identical quantity of weight.
Attendees will probably be anticipated to display their sensible data of penetration testing by figuring out and exploiting safety vulnerabilities in a hack-lab atmosphere particularly set as much as mimic the real-life eventualities. The examination will observe the format of a capture-the-flag hackathon. Examination candidates might want to seize flags as they proceed by means of the “course” and determine varied vulnerabilities and outline mitigation methods.
As for who ought to take the examination, categorized at an intermediate stage, Siddharth says it’s appropriate for candidates with two-plus years {of professional} penetration testing or bug bounty looking expertise.
Attendees should convey their very own laptops and might use any hacking instruments of their selection to perform the required duties on the examination. The 7-hour sensible examination will probably be accessible as soon as a day (beginning at 9 am native time) throughout Black Hat USA in Las Vegas, on Aug 5, Aug 6, Aug 7, and Aug 8.
