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Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

Standardize your team on Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) with a structured OffSec training path — virtual labs, a blueprint-weighted practice exam, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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1
Course
$1,699
Exam cost
1
Practice exam
12
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 4 of 5 (Advanced)
Advanced
Exam cost
$1,699
Courses on path
1
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam code
  • PEN-200

Exam datasheet

Exam length
24 hours
Passing score
70/100
Format
Hands-on practical exam in live lab systems: 3 standalone machines for initial access and privilege escalation, plus 1 Active Directory set simulating a breach across 3 machines
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites
Recommended experience
Solid TCP/IP networking; reasonable Windows and Linux administration; familiarity with basic Bash and/or Python scripting
Recertification
no expiration; valid indefinitely
Testing centerExam blueprint

Skills your team builds

Enumeration and information gatheringVulnerability scanning and assessmentEncryption and cryptographyXSSCommand InjectionDirectory TraversalFile UploadsSQL InjectionWindows and Linux privilege escalationPivoting and tunneling techniquesActive Directory authentication attacksAWS cloud infrastructure exploitation

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    OSCP

    This OSCP training​ prepares penetration testers, cybersecurity professionals, and red team operators to pass the challenging PEN-200 exam and earn their OSCP certification. You'll practice real-world penetration testing with virtual labs designed by experienced infosec pro Erik Choron. You'll also gain deep experience in areas like enumeration, privilege escalation, and Active Directory exploitation as you apply tools like Metasploit, Kali Linux, and tunneling frameworks in real-world scenarios. After taking this OSCP training, you'll be ready to pass the PEN-200 exam with confidence.

    Erik Choron
    358 videos43 labsPractice exam37h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

OffSec career ladder

Where Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) sits in your team's OffSec progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Professional level

    2 certs

    Kali Linux Certified Professional (KLCP)

    PEN-103

    You are here

    Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

    PEN-200

    You are here
Customer outcome

Make OSCP a coverage number your auditor can quote

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make OSCP a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on OSCP gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives OffSec incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

Exam
  • PEN-200

Frequently asked questions about Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) training for their team.

How does Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)?

IT Directors typically frame Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new OffSec hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level OffSec certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if OffSec updates the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates OffSec course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When OffSec restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

Ready to Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)-certify your team?

Build Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT Directors plan and track Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.

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