EC-Council AuthorizedAdvancedv3 · AI 202624h Live Range
Certified Penetration Testing Professional CPENT AI
EC-Council's advanced practical pentest credential. 24-hour live cyber range exam covering AD, IoT, cloud, AI attacks and binary exploitation. The CEH graduation step.
⏱Duration: 8 days / 64 hrs
💻Format: Instructor-Led + 24h Range Exam
🌐Delivery: On-site · Hybrid
✅Pass rate: 92%
📅Next intake: 23 June 2026
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24-hour live range exam
Pure practical — no MCQ, no theory, only attacks
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AD, IoT, cloud, AI surfaces
All four advanced attack surfaces with 2026 AI additions
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Binary exploitation
Buffer overflows, ROP chains, custom shellcode
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Pentest report mastery
Range exam includes a full client-grade report
What this course is
CPENT AI is CEH levelled up.
CPENT AI is EC-Council's advanced practical penetration testing credential. Unlike CEH (theory + practical) and PenTest+ (workflow + report), CPENT is pure practical — a 24-hour live cyber range exam where you compromise a fictional enterprise.
At Nexperts we run a structured 8-day prep cycle plus a full mock 24-hour range engagement. By the time you sit the real CPENT exam, you've done the equivalent under our coaching.
CPENT does not test what you know. It tests what you can do under fatigue, time pressure and a partial map of the target. That is what we drill.
CPENT v3 (AI 2026) adds AI-attack scenarios, prompt injection against deployed LLM endpoints, and adversarial ML — the modern surfaces every Malaysian pentester now sees in 2026 engagements.
Who should take this course
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CEH graduates
CPENT is the natural CEH graduation. CEH proved you can think like an attacker. CPENT proves you can be one.
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PenTest+ holders
Move from compliance-friendly testing into deeper offensive engagements.
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OSCP candidates
CPENT and OSCP are complementary. CPENT adds AI, IoT and binary depth OSCP touches lightly.
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Red team interns
Stretch goal credential for red team progression in MY consultancies.
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AppSec engineers
Move beyond OWASP Top 10 into deeper exploitation.
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Senior security leads
Lead pentest engagements credibly with the most rigorous practical credential available.
Prerequisites
✓ CEH v13 AI or 5+ years of offensive security experience
✓ Strong Linux + Windows command-line fluency
✓ Comfort with scripting in Python and Bash
✓ Experience with Burp Suite, Metasploit, BloodHound
→ No CEH? Ask us about our CEH + CPENT 14-day intensive bundle.
Course Curriculum
12 advanced domains. Range-first delivery.
CPENT v3 covers everything from advanced AD attacks through binary exploitation, IoT attacks, cloud privilege escalation and the new AI-attack surfaces. We deliver each domain with a range exercise that mirrors the actual exam pattern.
Hands-On Cyber Range
80 advanced labs. Plus a full 24h mock exam.
CPENT requires range fluency. We run 80 structured labs across all 12 domains, then put you through a full 24-hour mock CPENT engagement before you sit the real one.
01
Forest Compromise
From a workstation foothold, walk to Enterprise Admin across 3 domains in 6 hours.
AD
02
Stack Buffer Overflow
Exploit a 32-bit Linux binary. Get a shell. Bypass NX.
Find a misconfigured S3 bucket. Pivot through 4 IAM roles to administrative access.
Cloud
05
Kubernetes Pod Escape
Escape from a containerised pod into the underlying node. Move laterally.
Container
06
IoT Firmware Extraction
Extract firmware from a flash chip. Find hardcoded credentials. Compromise the device.
IoT
07
LLM Prompt Injection
Compromise a deployed LLM customer service bot via prompt injection.
AI
08
Mock 24-Hour Exam
Full simulated CPENT range engagement. We grade exactly as EC-Council does.
Final Mock
09
Range Report Writing
Take your mock results. Write the full CPENT-grade engagement report.
Reporting
+ 71 additional range tasks across all 12 domains. Range access for 90 days post-course.
Exam Information
Pure practical. 24 hours. No theory.
CPENT is a 24-hour live-range engagement. There is no MCQ. You receive a target environment, an objective and a report template. EC-Council assessors grade your evidence and report.
Career impactSenior pentester / red-team lead roles
Salary upliftAverage 22–35% post-cert in MY
Our CPENT Range Programme
01
Domain Drills
Days 1–6. Per-domain practical labs with instructor walkthroughs. Average score: 68%.
02
Pre-Final Mock
Day 7. 8-hour mini-engagement covering 4 domains. Average score: 79%.
03
24-Hour Mock
Day 8. Full 24-hour mock engagement. Graded as EC-Council does. 80%+ before booking.
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Pass Rate
92% of our CPENT candidates pass on first attempt.
CPENT industry-wide first-attempt rate is approximately 54% — the lowest of any EC-Council credential. Our 92% comes from 80 structured labs, a full 24-hour mock engagement, and an instructor who has served as a CPENT subject matter advisor.
80 advanced range labs24-hour mock engagement92% first attemptLPT Master pathway90-day post-course access
Why our pass rate is 92%
Industry average: ~54%
CPENT candidates often fail because they have never sat 24 hours under range pressure. They have skills but no endurance, and the report quality drops sharply after hour 16.
Nexperts: 92%
We run a real 24-hour mock engagement. We coach pacing, sleep strategy and report discipline. We don't let you sit CPENT until your endurance is proven.
Your Certification Journey
CPENT is the practical apex.
CPENT is the most demanding practical EC-Council credential. From here, the LPT Master adds prestige; CCISO moves you into leadership.
Before this
CEH v13 AI
CEH is the prerequisite. The 20-domain coverage of CEH is the foundation CPENT exploits.
Expected salary range after CPENT: RM 10,000 – RM 18,000/month for senior pentester and red team lead roles in Malaysia.
Student Reviews
What our CPENT graduates say.
4.9
★★★★★
67 reviews
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92%
4★
6%
3★
2%
★★★★★
"The 24-hour mock engagement on day 8 nearly broke me. The real exam two weeks later felt manageable because I had already done the equivalent. Scored 91 — LPT track."
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Suhail Ismail
Senior Pentester · Konsortium Logistik
✓ Passed first attempt · 91% — LPT Master
★★★★★
"Binary exploitation was the gap I'd been avoiding for years. The Ghidra + ROP chain coaching turned it into something I now actually enjoy."
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Caroline Gan
Red Team Lead · Visa Worldpay
✓ Passed first attempt · 84%
★★★★★
"The AI-attack module was wild. Compromising an LLM via prompt injection in a controlled lab was the most fun I've had in a course. Showed up in our real engagements three months later."
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Ravi Anbumani
AppSec Lead · GHL Systems
✓ Passed first attempt · 87%
★★★★
"Sleep strategy and pacing for the 24h exam is what I underestimated. Nexperts forced us to plan it. That alone was worth half the course fee."
WL
Wee Lin Tan
Pentest Consultant · Mandiant MY
✓ Passed first attempt · 76%
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