EC-Council · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official EC-Council CPENT exam covers 5 domains. The vendor does not publish percentage weights for these domains — treat each as an equal part of the exam blueprint.
Covers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cloud And Hybrid Infrastructure Security domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cloud And Hybrid Infrastructure Security questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Privilege Escalation Lateral Movement And Post Exploitation domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Privilege Escalation Lateral Movement And Post Exploitation questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Iot And OT Exploitation domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Iot And OT Exploitation questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Network And Perimeter Exploitation domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Network And Perimeter Exploitation questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Active Directory Attacks domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Active Directory Attacks questionsThe vendor does not currently publish percentage weights for these domains, so Courseiva does not rank them by weight.
Work through each domain systematically — cover fundamentals first, then applied and scenario-based topics.
Never skip a domain regardless of perceived importance. Full coverage is required to pass.
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