eCPPT Review

Well, I know it’s been awhile, but I wanted to write-up an eCPPT Review before moving on to other stuff.

This course and exam was definitely the hardest security certification I had taken to date, but it was well worth it.

The labs were excellent, though not without their bugs or issues. That said, staff was quick on the response to fix or update things even as small as typos in slides.

This is definitely something that you need to focus on though, or you end up spending a decent junk of change on extensions (though there is also the infinity voucher now).

The exam itself was incredibly fun, albeit a definite challenge. The instructors/TAs were available by e-mail to try to move you in the right direction without giving too much away, and the forum community was active enough with hints/ideas/other people working on it as well. This exam is something I bring up in a number of interviews now just because of its depth and use compared to other regurgitation type exams.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to jump into security or looking to add a another certification to their résumé.

From here I’d like to look into more applications/challenges as well as the possible pursuit of my OSCP.

Ray Doyle

Ray Doyle is an avid pentester/security enthusiast/beer connoisseur who has worked in IT for almost 16 years now. From building machines and the software on them, to breaking into them and tearing it all down; he’s done it all. To show for it, he has obtained an OSCE, OSCP, eCPPT, GXPN, eWPT, eWPTX, SLAE, eMAPT, Security+, ICAgile CP, ITIL v3 Foundation, and even a sabermetrics certification!

He currently serves as a Senior Staff Adversarial Engineer for Avalara, and his previous position was a Principal Penetration Testing Consultant for Secureworks.

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