Hello Everyone,

I am Rakesh Elamaran, a Security Engineer specialising in Application Security. I recently completed my Master's in Cybersecurity and am currently based in the United Kingdom. I'm now exploring offensive security and red teaming through hands-on practice and continuous learning.

I'm excited to share that I have recently achieved the Certified Red Team Analyst (CRTA) certification, which focuses on internal network exploitation and Active Directory security. The assessment involved real-time enumeration, pivoting, lateral movement, and privilege escalation within a simulated enterprise environment

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CODE RED — Generated using ChatGPT

About the Certification

Certified Red Team Analyst (CRTA) Certificate is earned by completing the CyberWarFare Labs Red Team Analyst Course and successfully passing the 6 hours practical examination.

Link for the Course: https://cyberwarfare.live/product/red-team-analyst-crta/

My thoughts?

If you're looking to get started in Red Teaming, this is a solid certification to consider. The course content is well-structured and provides a strong foundation in Active Directory exploitation.

That said, I strongly recommend complementing the course with hands-on practice on platforms like TryHackMe and Hack The Box.

In my opinion, CRTA is a good starting point if you're beginning your journey in red teaming or offensive security. However, if you already have significant hands-on experience in AD exploitation, you may not gain as much value from the course content alone.

I personally see it as a good base before attempting something more advanced like CRTO or CRTP.

Practice Rooms

THM: Wreath, Attacktive Directory, Breaching AD, Vulnnet Roasted HTB: Active Directory 101

Skills you will learn from this certification:

  • Knowledge of Red Team Methodologies
  • Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK Red Team TTPs
  • Identifying and Manipulating weakest link in the chain of target
  • Extensive Recon in Internal & External Enterprise infrastructure
  • Perform Kerberos based attacks in fully patched Active Directory environment
  • Bypassing segregated Networks with updated Linux & Windows OS
  • Stealth Network Pivoting and Lateral Movement Techniques in multi-OS environment
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CRTA — CWL

Verify my CRTA badge — https://labs.cyberwarfare.live/credential/achievement/699c6dda398414f740f76056

Exam Details

Duration: 6hours.

Challenge Type: CTF / Question and Answer

Answer all the Questions to Get Certification. No Report Submission required.

Practice Lab

Before taking the exam, Start the practice lab and you have 30days to complete. The walkthrough for the lab is available on the course website. Additionally, the lab portal provides a detailed write-up containing all the required commands.

TBH, if you practice and are able to solve their lab machines on your own, the final exam is easy.

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Me during the prep — Giphy.com

Key areas to Focus:

AD Enumeration and attack techniques.

Nmap Scans, Port forwarding and pivoting

Local File Inclusion and log poisoning.

Lateral Movement and Credential Dumping.

Impacket tools.

My tips for the Exam

Enumeration is everything. Don't get stuck in a rabbit hole.

Have your Toolkit Ready

Use the Right Wordlists

Check Every File and Folders — Use Grep

Document Everything as you Go. Take Screenshots and save the scan results.

All the Best. If you like this post, please share your feedback in the comments. Feel free to reach out🙌

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Me after Receiving the Cert — Giphy.com

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshelamaran/

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https://rakeshelamaran.medium.com/

I am happy to help if you need any additional information about the exam.

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