I attended the CPTS course at C-TREC in Houston from July 10 to July 14, taught by Michael Gregg.
As a security professional I have several certifications, like MCSE 2003 +security, Security+ and the EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker.
The reason that I was still looking for a pentest training, was because of the fact that after the CEH training I felt that I wasn't ready to do the actual thing.
Needless to say that I am feeling really happy that I could participate in Mile2's training program. In fact it was by far the best training that I have ever attended.
I think that the big difference between the CEH and CPTS certification is that the CEH program provides you with a lot of tools (which you can find yourself on the internet) where the CPTS program teaches you actually how to use them in a structured manner.
They do that by providing you with up-to-date materials (which are put together by security professionals) and real challenging hands-on exercises which make you understand the tools and the methodology of pentesting.
Although the CEH class was taught by a very good teacher who used more of his own materials then the EC's (because the CEH materials were out of date or full of errors) the CPTS training was thoughtfully put together and with the hands-on exercises it was made easy to understand the different parts of doing a pentest.
The teacher was great ! He was very knowledgeable and could always answer and explain the toughest questions. The lab environment was put together well and really helped in understanding the different parts of actually doing a pentest.
Without any doubt I soon will take the CPTE course.
Martin de Kok
Security Professional
Netherlands
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