Preparing for the CompTIA PenTest+ certification

Jack Baylor
11 min readMay 20, 2021

In this article, I’m going to review the study method I used to prepare for, and pass, the CompTIA PenTest+ foundational penetration testing and ethical hacking certification in March 2021. I will start by giving some background to the PenTest+ course content, the preparation I did before beginning my studies, the materials used and finally, I’ll go through the day of the exam itself. I will mainly focus on my exam study style, which can be easily transferred to almost any other tech certification or exam process.

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Jack Baylor

I’m passionate about cybersecurity, progressing peoples careers, and houseplants | Twitter @2wiredSecurity | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbaylor/