CRTP | Certified Red Team Professional | How to Pass

I Passed CRTP — Full Course Review, Exam Experience & Tips to Pass YouTube Description: Alhamdulillah, I passed the Certified Red Team Professional certification by Altered Security. In this video, I review the CRTP course, the lab, and the exam experience. I also share many practical tips for anyone preparing for the certification. I talk about my background in hacking, previous Active Directory training, my first lab experience, how I used Cobalt Strike in the lab, why I repeated the lab using only Windows tools, and how I built notes and playbooks that helped me during the exam. This video is especially for anyone wondering whether CRTP is beginner-friendly, how difficult the lab is, how to prepare properly, and what methodology to build before attempting the exam. Topics covered: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 My background before CRTP 02:00 Previous AD training: CRTO, CAPE, CPTS, OSCP 03:30 First CRTP lab experience 05:30 Is CRTP beginner-friendly? 07:00 Lab issues and machine restarts 08:30 Using Cobalt Strike in the CRTP lab 11:00 Why Cobalt made the lab more realistic 13:00 Why I repeated the lab using only Windows 15:00 Taking notes in Notion 17:00 Building a playbook 20:00 How to enumerate properly 23:00 BloodHound, LDAP search, and PowerView 26:00 Repeatable steps for new users, PCs, groups, and GPOs 29:00 Why documentation matters 31:00 Using AI tools for troubleshooting and understanding 33:00 Final tips to pass the CRTP exam Main tips: Do the lab twice if possible. Take clean notes. Build a playbook, not just notes. Experiment in the lab. Do not skip the Windows-only workflow. Use BloodHound, LDAP search, and PowerView together. Enumerate slowly. Document your commands. Think like you are doing a real assessment, not just following a course guide. #CRTP #CertifiedRedTeamProfessional #AlteredSecurity #RedTeam #ActiveDirectory #CyberSecurity #EthicalHacking #PenetrationTesting