GIAC
GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester
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- Exam cost
- $999 USD (historical estimate)
- Questions · time · passing score
- 1 proctored exam, 82 questions, 3 hours, minimum passing score of 71%
- Prerequisites
- | No formal prerequisites, but practical work experience and college-level courses are recommended. The associated SANS SEC542 course assumes a solid understanding of web application concepts. | | Renewal Period | Every 4 years | | Renewal Fee | $499 (additional renewals within 2 years are $249) | | CPE Requirements | 36 CPEs over four years | | Study Hours | 55 hours (average over and above classroom training) | |
- Estimated salary premium
- 10–10% (historical estimate)
- Renewal requirements
- 4-year cycle · 36 CPE/CEU credits per year
- Difficulty
- Not rated
Domains covered
- ** Cross Site Request Forgery
- Cross Site Scripting
- Client Injection Attack
- Reconnaissance
- Web Application Mapping
- Port Scanning
- Identifying Services and Configurations
- Spidering
- Application Flow Charting
- Session Analysis
- Web Application Authentication Attacks
- Bypassing Weak Authentication
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