CREST CPSA Syllabus 2026

CREST CPSA Syllabus - All 11 Appendices

• Appendix A: Soft Skills and Assessment Management
  Engagement Lifecycle, Law & Compliance, Scoping, Risk Management, Reporting
• Appendix B: Core Technical Skills
  IP Protocols, Cryptography, Network Architecture, File Systems
• Appendix C: Background Information Gathering & OSINT
  Domain Registration, DNS Reconnaissance, Web Enumeration, Google Dorking
• Appendix D: Networking Equipment
  Management Protocols, Network Traffic Analysis, Wireless Security
• Appendix E: Microsoft Windows Security
  Active Directory, Windows Authentication, Kerberos, NTLM, SMB
• Appendix F: Unix Security
  Unix Authentication, File Permissions, SSH, Privilege Escalation
• Appendix G: Web Technologies
  HTTP Protocol, Web Servers, Session Management, SSL/TLS
• Appendix H: Web Testing Techniques
  SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, OWASP Top 10, Parameter Manipulation
• Appendix I: Databases
  SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Database Security
• Appendix J: Web Servers and Application Servers
  Apache, IIS, Nginx, Tomcat, Server Hardening
• Appendix K: File Services
  SMB, NFS, FTP, Port Numbers, OSI Model, Network Protocols