Certifications

OSCP

The OSCP, or Offensive Security Certified Professional, is one of the world’s first completely hands on information security certifications. The OSCP challenges the students to prove they have a clear understanding the concepts of the Pentesting With BackTrack material, as well as a depth of knowledge in penetration testing. A lab that the student never has seen before is set up with only a limited amount of machines. Each machine is awarded points if a successful hack is performed. The student must demonstrate their depth of understanding by submitting both the steps they took to penetrate the box as well as the proof.txt file. If both of these are submitted the students receives points for that particular box. If they achieve the points they need they can stop and pass or continue on to try and penetrate the whole network. The OSCP is a twenty four hour exam, where a straight 24-hour period is given to that student to attempt this certification. It is a very difficult and challenging exam that will truly test the limits of the student. If a passing score is achieved the student is awarded a coveted OSCP certification.

OSCE

The OSCE, or Offensive Security Certified Expert, takes information security certification to a level which is unique in today’s market. After the student completes the very challenging Cracking the Perimeter class the core of their understanding and knowledge is challenged to the limits in the special OSCE certification labs. The OSCE labs are set up with a limited amount of machines and very specific “hacks” must be performed in order to pass this amazingly challenging 48-hour exam. The student must submit their completed exploits and the steps they took to obtain the proof.txt files on the servers they are challenged with. We have alotted 48-hours due to the technical difficulty in this exam as well as the time and research it may take to accomplish the tasks the OSCE will require. If the student achieves the points neccessary they are awarded with the OSCE printed certification.

OSWP

The OSWP, or Offensive Security Wireless Professional, is one of the world’s leading wireless attacks certifications. After the student studies the internal workings of wireless signals and how to succesfully crack the most popular and common encryption protocols in the market they are challenged with the OSWP information security certification. A specially designed lab has been built to give each student access to a BackTrack machine that is with in range of our challenging access points. The student is given only 4 hours to crack a limited number of WEP and WPA networks. The Student must submit the correct encryption codes as well as the attack vectors they used to obtain them in order to be awarded the OSWP certification.