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Certified Red Team Manager
The CREST Certified Red Team Manager (CRTM) certification is an advanced, practitioner-focused credential designed for experienced cybersecurity professionals who lead or aspire to lead offensive security operations
- 66% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 6 domains
certilumExam syllabus, organized by domain
The official CREST blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Certified Red Team Manager exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
A Red Team Manager is tasked with designing an exercise to evaluate the organization's ability to detect and respond to a persistent, stealthy adversary over several weeks. Which type of assessment best meets this objective?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Passing score
- 66%
- Domains
- 6
- 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.
- Communication, Deconfliction, and Professionalism6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Defensive Engagement and Blue Team Integration9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) for Red Teams6 questions · complexity 2.5/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 17% scenario · 33% interactive
- Red Team Management and Leadership15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Technical Attack Lifecycle Management12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Threat Intelligence and Adversary Emulation12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
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