Certified Tester - Infrastructure

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Certified Tester - Infrastructure Exam Cost

CCT INF

The published price for the Certified Tester - Infrastructure certification exam, what it covers, and what the real total budget looks like once retakes and study time are counted.

GBP 1600 (official CREST pricing page, Certified Penetration Testing level covering "Certified Tester - Infrastructure (CCT INF)" and "Certified Tester - Application (CCT APP)"): "* all CREST Certified-level exams are comprised of 2 parts, which need to be booked separately"; prices exclusive of VAT/GST; USD/EUR/AUD/HKD/SGD accepted. exam fee
60 questions

What the exam costs

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Official exam fee
GBP 1600 (official CREST pricing page, Certified Penetration Testing level covering "Certified Tester - Infrastructure (CCT INF)" and "Certified Tester - Application (CCT APP)"): "* all CREST Certified-level exams are comprised of 2 parts, which need to be booked separately"; prices exclusive of VAT/GST; USD/EUR/AUD/HKD/SGD accepted.
Check the official exam page

What the fee covers

Knowing the boundary of the price stops the surprise costs later.

ItemIncluded in the exam fee
The exam sessionYes, the exam session itself
Exam retakeDepends on the vendor policy, check before booking
Discount voucherNot listed in the published price
Practice questionsNo, those are a separate Certilum product (60 questions for this exam)
Training courseNo, sold separately by providers and training companies

The exam fee buys you one attempt at the Certified Tester - Infrastructure. Everything else on your path to certification, revision material included, sits outside this price, and that is where most of the budget of a certification actually goes.

Note from the vendor record: Issuer: CREST - same body as CCT APP; the two form the paired CREST Certified Tester (CCT) Application and Infrastructure disciplines. Status: active; current syllabus v3 dated 24 January 2024, with new/expanded areas (macOS, Windows desktop lockdown, containerisation, cloud, NoSQL, social engineering) and a note that the Windows Server 2022 practical environment was being introduced later in 2024. Accepted by the UK NCSC as part of the CHECK scheme. No prerequisites (official: "There are no pre-requisites to the CCT INF exam"). Delivery: written exam in 1,000+ Pearson VUE test centres, practical exam booked separately; written results within 20 working days, practical results ~24-48 hours. Renewal/validity period is Not published by the provider on the official exam page.

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