Exam Name: GIAC Certified Penetration Tester
Related Certification(s): GIAC Penetration Testing Certification
Certification Provider: GIAC
Actual Exam Duration: 180 Minutes
Number of GPEN practice questions in our database:
391 (updated: Feb. 20, 2026)
Expected GPEN Exam Topics, as suggested by GIAC :
- Topic 1: Demonstrate the fundamental concepts associated with the exploitation phase of a pentest/ Exploitation Fundamentals
- Topic 2: Demonstrate an understanding of attacks against Active Directory including Kerberos attacks/ Advanced Password Attacks
- Topic 3: Use additional methods to attack password hashes and authenticate/ Operating system and service version scans and analyze the results
- Topic 4: Use the appropriate technique to scan a network for potential targets/ Obtain and attack password hashes and other password representations
- Topic 5: Understand the fundamental concepts of reconnaissance and will understand how to obtain basic/ demonstrate an understanding of Azure applications and the attacks against them including federated
- Topic 6: Demonstrate an understanding of Azure Active Directory implementation fundamentals/ Azure Applications and Attack Strategies
- Topic 7: Demonstrate an understanding of common Windows privilege escalation attacks and Kerberos attack techniques/ demonstrate the fundamental concepts of exploitation, data exfiltration from compromised hosts
- Topic 8: Domain Escalation and Persistence Attacks/ Azure Overview, Attacks, and AD Integration
- Topic 9: Penetration Testing with PowerShell and the Windows Command Line/ demonstrate an understanding of the use of advanced Windows Power Shell skills during a penetration test
- Topic 10: Demonstrate an understanding of common password hashes and formats for storing password data/ Demonstrate the fundamental concepts associated with pen-testing
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