CRT Exam Information and Outline
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Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
CRT Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
Before you start practicing with our exam simulator, it is essential to understand the
official CRT exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
CREST.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Practical hands-on examination plus multiple-choice components
- Information Gathering and Reconnaissance
- Network discovery, port scanning and service enumeration
- Infrastructure Testing
- Windows and Linux host exploitation
- Network services and misconfigurations
- Privilege escalation basics
- Web Application Testing
- Injection, authentication and session flaws
- File inclusion, XSS and access control issues
- Exploitation and Post-Exploitation
- Use of exploits and Metasploit
- Password attacks and hash cracking
- Reporting and Methodology
- Evidence collection and accurate reporting of findings