All Episodes
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Welcome to the PenTest+ Audio Course
This PrepCast series is a comprehensive, audio-first preparation program designed to help learners build the judgment, terminology fluency, and decision-making skills ...
Episode 1 — How PenTest+ Questions Work
This episode trains you to read scenario-based questions like a tester, not like a trivia quiz. You’ll learn how to identify the decision being asked for, such as best...
Episode 2 — The PenTest Workflow as a Timeline
This episode builds a mental timeline for penetration testing so every action fits the right phase and you stop losing points to phase confusion. You’ll walk through t...
Episode 3 — Tool Purpose Map (No Commands)
This episode gives you a tool-purpose map that helps you answer tool-related questions without memorizing syntax or command flags. You’ll learn to group tools by outco...
Episode 4 — Scope, ROE, and Staying Legal
This episode focuses on boundaries and authorization, because many missed questions come from selecting an action that would be effective but not permitted. You’ll lea...
Episode 5 — Risk Language: Severity vs Impact vs Likelihood
This episode teaches you to talk about risk the way security leaders and exam questions expect, by separating technical severity from business impact and likelihood. Y...
Episode 6 — Your Daily Listening Study Loop
This episode gives you a practical daily listening routine that turns short, consistent sessions into real retention and exam readiness without requiring labs or long ...
Episode 7 — Scoping the Engagement
This episode teaches you how to interpret and apply engagement scope so you can choose defensible actions that remain authorized and aligned to objectives. You’ll brea...
Episode 8 — ROE Deep Dive
This episode focuses on rules of engagement as the operational playbook that turns a broad scope into specific allowed actions, timing, and escalation procedures. You’...
Episode 9 — Legal Docs You Must Recognize
This episode teaches you to recognize the core engagement documents and understand what authority and responsibilities each one establishes, because exam scenarios oft...
Episode 10 — Engagement Types and Constraints
This episode explains how different engagement types shape goals, methods, risks, and constraints, helping you choose correct actions when scenarios shift across netwo...
Episode 11 — Ethics and Mandatory Reporting
This episode prepares you to handle high-stakes situations ethically and professionally when you encounter sensitive data, signs of active compromise, or illegal conte...
Episode 12 — Communication During Testing
This episode builds the communication habits that keep an engagement safe, efficient, and credible, especially when findings affect availability or require rapid stake...
Episode 13 — Methodologies: PTES and OSSTMM
This episode teaches you how to recognize and apply penetration testing methodologies conceptually, so you can map scenario cues to the right structure without turning...
Episode 14 — OWASP: Top 10 and MASVS
This episode gives you the OWASP vocabulary and mental models that repeatedly show up in application-focused scenarios, including web and mobile contexts. You’ll learn...
Episode 15 — MITRE ATT&CK in PenTesting Context
This episode explains how to use MITRE ATT&CK as a shared language for describing adversary behaviors without turning your thinking into taxonomy memorization. You’ll ...
Episode 16 — Reporting: What a Strong Report Includes
This episode teaches you how to structure a penetration test report so it is usable, credible, and actionable for both leadership and technical teams. You’ll learn wha...
Episode 17 — Remediation Recommendations That Fit
This episode focuses on turning findings into recommendations that actually reduce risk, rather than generic advice that sounds correct but fails in practice. You’ll l...
Episode 18 — Recon vs Enumeration
This episode clarifies a common source of confusion by separating reconnaissance from enumeration and showing how each phase changes what the “best next step” looks li...
Episode 19 — Passive Recon Fundamentals
This episode teaches you how passive reconnaissance builds a reliable starting picture of an organization’s exposure without directly interacting with target systems. ...