Exam cost
Certified Tester - Infrastructure Exam Cost
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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What the fee covers
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| Item | Included in the exam fee |
|---|---|
| The exam session | Yes, the exam session itself |
| Exam retake | Depends on the vendor policy, check before booking |
| Discount voucher | Not listed in the published price |
| Practice questions | No, those are a separate Certilum product (60 questions for this exam) |
| Training course | No, 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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