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Certified Red Team Specialist
The CREST Certified Red Team Specialist (CCRTS) certification is an advanced hands-on qualification designed for experienced penetration testers and security professionals aiming to specialize in red teaming
- 66% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 5 domains
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The official CREST blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Certified Red Team Specialist exam question
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A red team discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a production finance application (CVSS 9.8) and a misconfigured service account in a test environment (CVSS 6.5). The team successfully exploited the service account to pivot to production systems. Which remediation should be prioritised based on the engagement findings?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Passing score
- 66%
- Domains
- 5
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- EXPERT
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 20 single · 20 multi · 20 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Adversary Emulation and TTPs12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Exploitation and Post-Exploitation18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Planning, Scoping, and Legal Compliance9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Reporting and Communication9 questions · complexity 2.3/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 11% scenario · 33% interactive
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