Certified Red Team Specialist Exam Cost

1600 GBP (CREST 'Certified' level price on CREST's official pricing page, which lists Certified Red Team Specialist (CCRTS); exclusive of VAT/GST, both exam parts booked separately)

The exam fee is the published figure above. Add your revision time on top of the exam fee. The vendor retake terms vary, so confirm whether a second attempt is charged separately before you budget.

Retake terms for the Certified Red Team Specialist are set by CREST and are not included in the figure above. Check the official exam page before scheduling, because the waiting period is what usually costs you time, not the fee.

The published price for the Certified Red Team Specialist does not list a voucher. Discounts usually arrive through employer sponsorship or training budgets rather than from the vendor directly, so check with your employer before paying full price.

No. The exam fee is paid to CREST and covers the exam itself. Certilum is a separate product: 60 practice questions for this certification, tagged to the official domains, with a difficulty score of 2/10.

Focus on practical, hands-on labs that simulate full red team operations. Build home labs with Active Directory, Linux servers, and network segmentation to practice lateral movement and privilege escalation. Study publicly available red team reports and threat intelligence to understand real-world TTPs. Use platforms like Hack The Box, Proving Grounds, and dedicated CREST training courses. Pair practical work with deep reading of MITRE ATT&CK, C2 frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Mythic), and evasion techniques (AMSI bypass, log tampering). Allocate 3-6 months of dedicated study, with a minimum of 20 hours per week of lab time.