Penetration testing foundations
Junior Penetration Tester
eJPT is INE Security’s hands-on entry-level certification for the core skills used in real penetration testing engagements.
About the certification
The Junior Penetration Tester certification validates that a candidate can apply a structured assessment method, discover and audit systems, exploit common weaknesses and work with web application attack surfaces. Its practical format establishes an evidence-based foundation for broader and more advanced offensive security work.
Skills it validates
The certification assesses practical knowledge across the following areas.
- Assessment methodology and information gathering
- Host and network auditing
- Service exploitation and exploit adaptation
- Pivoting, port forwarding and password attacks
- Web application reconnaissance and testing
What it means for clients
Within a Darkside engagement, these skills support disciplined testing, realistic attack-path analysis and reporting that prioritises useful outcomes.
- Reinforces a repeatable methodology for finding and validating weaknesses
- Builds practical familiarity across hosts, networks and web applications
- Supports accurate evidence collection before more advanced attack-path analysis
Credentials and delivery
Certification is one part of our assurance model. Darkside combines validated knowledge with manual testing, peer review and engagement-specific judgement; every scope, test plan and report is shaped around the client’s systems and risk.