Introduction to Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP)
CRTP is a beginner-to-intermediate level certification designed to assess real-world red teaming skills in Windows AD environments. Unlike certifications that focus on CVEs or publicly known exploits, CRTP emphasizes abusing legitimate AD features and misconfigurations, offering a realistic simulation of internal threat actor tactics.
The exam is 100% hands-on, taken in a controlled lab, and tests one's ability to enumerate, pivot, escalate privileges, persist, and avoid detection across a fully patched Windows domain.
CRTP Review
CRTP follows a hands-on, hacking-first learning style. It starts with the idea that the system’s already been compromised, then walks you through what happens after that inside an Active Directory setup. The course is mainly about three things:
Showing how to find and take advantage of AD features using built-in tools.
Building up the skills needed to gain more control, move between systems, and stay undetected.
Focusing on quiet, practical techniques that are useful in real-world operations.
CRTP Study Notes
Full details about the review and study notes can be found here.