Description

The Mile2 Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE) is an advanced, hands-on certification course for cybersecurity professionals ready to move beyond foundational ethical hacking into real-world penetration testing. The course teaches the full testing lifecycle, including scoping, reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, lateral movement, evasion, threat simulation, purple team collaboration, and business-focused reporting. CPTE prepares students to assess modern enterprise environments such as traditional networks, cloud systems, Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, web applications, APIs, and mobile applications. Students learn how to validate vulnerabilities safely, analyze attack paths, document evidence, and communicate technical findings as business risk.