TCM Security Certifications

LEARN HOW TO HACK,
THEN PROVE IT.

Designed to be practical, our training and certifications help level up your hacker skills without teaching you fluff or burning a hole in your bank account.  Stop spending thousands on training when you can prove your skillset to HR and hiring managers at a fraction of the cost.

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The Realistic Pentest Path

Entry-Level Penetration Testing

Start your career journey as a professional penetration tester with the PJPT exam and training.  Experience first-hand what it’s like to conduct a real internal penetration test engagement from hacking to report writing.

Advanced Penetration Testing

Take your career journey to the next level with the PNPT exam and training.  Experience what it’s like to complete an internal and external penetration test engagement from OSINT, domain compromise, writing a report, and presenting a live debrief.

Practical + Real-World

50+ Hours of Training

Follow along with instructors in your own virtual environment to learn the real-world skills of cybersecurity professionals.

HANDS

Non-Invasive Experience

Complete the exam in the comfort of your own home without proctors or installed monitoring software.

Stable Environments

Get five full days of unlimited access to our stable student exam environments.  Hosted safely for you in the cloud.

ON

Unbeatable Support

We proudly offer 24/7 customer support with the additional benefit of access to our community Discord with over 48,000+ students.

Free Retake

If for any reason you need to take the exam a second time, we include a free retake voucher.  We don’t profit from your failures.

TRAINING

Realistic Exams

Our certification exams are designed to provide the student with a real-world penetration test experience.

Practical + Real-World

50+ Hours of Training

Follow along with instructors in your own virtual environment to learn the real-world skills of cybersecurity professionals.

Video Guidance

Our Video-led training was developed to help guide you through a hands-on learning experience.

Non-Invasive Experience

Complete the exam in the comfort of your own home without proctors or installed monitoring software.

Stable Environments

Get five full days of unlimited access to our stable student exam environments.  Hosted safely for you in the cloud.

Realistic Exams

Our certification exams are designed to provide the student with a real-world penetration test experience.

Unbeatable Support

We proudly offer 24/7 customer support with the additional benefit of access to our community Discord with over 48,000+ students.

Free Retake

If for any reason you need to take the exam a second time, we include a free retake voucher.  We don’t profit from your failures.

Industry Recognized

We are pleased to provide the most realistic and cost-effective cybersecurity certifications recognized by industry professionals and organizations.

Discounts

We happily provide military, veterans, students, teachers, and first responders with a 20% off coupon, valid on certification vouchers, with or without training.

Trusted + Affordable

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PJPT

Practical Junior Penetration Tester

Entry-Level • Associate

The PJPT certification is the first-of-its-kind entry-level penetration testing exam designed to test your internal penetration testing skills and techniques.

PNPT

Practical Network Penetration Tester™

Associate • Intermediate

The PNPT certification exam is a one-of-a-kind ethical hacking exam that assesses a student’s ability to perform a network penetration test at a professional level.
Practical Career Ready Professional

PCRP

Practical Career-Ready Professional

Prerequisite: PNPT Certified

Certified PNPT holders can now enroll in our PCRP course to obtain practical soft skills, communication skills, and interview skills to become job ready certified.
PJMR Certification

PJMR

Practical Junior Malware Researcher

Associate • Intermediate

The PJMR certification exam assesses the mastery of the art and science of malware analysis. It puts the student in the shoes of an enterprise-level malware researcher.

INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED BY:

Hands-On Training Designed, Developed, and Tested to Teach You the Practical Skills and Knowledge from Real Penetration Testers.

Practical Ethical Hacking

Start your journey with our flagship ethical hacking course.

25+ Hours of Hands-On Training

Windows Privilege Escalation

Take your Windows escalation game to the next level.

7+ Hours of Hands-On Training

Linux Privilege Escalation

Take your Linux escalation game to the next level.

6+ Hours of Hands-On Training

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Fundamentals

Practical training designed to help you improve your investigative game.

9+ Hours of Hands-On Training

External Pentest Playbook

External tactics and techniques designed to help you improve your pentest game.

3+ Hours of Hands-On Training

Get Certified

Learn the practical and real-world skills that it takes to become a penetration tester.

50+ Hours of Hands-On Training

AS REAL AS IT GETS

The PNPT certification exam is a one-of-a-kind ethical hacking certification exam that assesses a student’s ability to perform a network penetration test at a professional level. In order to receive the certification, a student must:

 

    • Perform Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to gather intel on how to properly attack the network
    • Leverage their Active Directory exploitation skillsets to perform A/V and egress bypassing, lateral and vertical network movements, and ultimately compromise the exam Domain Controller
    • Provide a detailed, professionally written report
    • Perform a live report debrief in front of our assessors

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GET CERTIFIED IN THREE EASY STEPS

Step 1: Purchase the exam and register for a time convenient for you.

Our flexible registration process allows for students to register on a 24 hour calendar, so that they can take the exam at a time best aligned with their schedule.

Step 2: Take the certification exam.

Once your exam begins, students will have five full days of access to their own unique exam environment.  Once finished, students will have an additional two days to deliver a professional report.  Finally, students will debrief our team of pentesters with their report findings.

Step 3: Receive your badge and certification.

You worked hard for it and should be able to show off that hard work.  All exams come with a certificate of completion and badge.  These items can be shared by students, and verified by employers, through Accredible.

All Access Membership

Unlimited Monthly Access to 14+ Courses & Growing
Take your cybersecurity skills to new levels with the TCM Academy All Access Membership.  Get unlimited access to all of our current courses and every new course as they are released.

Testimonials

"I was given the opportunity to beta test this exam, and I had a blast. The dedicated lab environment was very stable, and the challenges were unique but realistic. Having to pivot / proxy my traffic through an initial compromise added a bit of an extra challenge, I definitely recommend this (once released) to anyone looking for something less CTFy and more real-world / Active Directory oriented."

James Donlon / Pentester at Depth Security

  • ★★★★★

"This certification exam required performing a penetration test on a vulnerable network that was modeled off of real-world engagements performed by TCM Security. ... It really challenged me and showed me how much progress I've made over the last year or so. I would highly recommend getting this certification when it goes public if you have any interest in penetration testing."

Rusty Robinson / Student

  • ★★★★★

"Blows the OSCP out of the water."

Ian Brennan / Pentester at Federal Aviation Administration

  • ★★★★★

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