BTL1 and CPTA are both practical, hands-on certifications, but they're designed with different goals in mind. The Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1) certification focuses on defensive security operations, while the Certified Penetration Testing Associate (CPTA) develops practical offensive security and penetration testing skills.
Analyst turnover can start to become a barrier to improving security operations because you’re having to continually rebuild capability rather...
Jamie is Centri's Lead QA Engineer, helping make sure our websites are as bug-free as possible while providing a good...
CPTA is designed to give you a structured, practical way to build offensive cybersecurity skills. You’ll work through practical labs and realistic scenarios, applying what you’re learning across infrastructure, Active Directory, web applications and AWS environments.
BTL1 and CPTA are both practical, hands-on certifications, but they're designed with different goals in mind. The Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1) certification focuses on defensive security operations, while the Certified Penetration Testing Associate (CPTA) develops practical offensive security and penetration testing skills.
Analyst turnover can start to become a barrier to improving security operations because you’re having to continually rebuild capability rather than developing from within the team. The most effective SOCs create structured career pathways rather than isolated training plans, giving you and your team members a shared roadmap for progression.
Jamie is Centri's Lead QA Engineer, helping make sure our websites are as bug-free as possible while providing a good user experience. Jamie speaks about his role, what he enjoys most about testing, his professional background, his ambitions, his hobbies, and what he wanted to be when he was a...
CPTA is designed to give you a structured, practical way to build offensive cybersecurity skills. You’ll work through practical labs and realistic scenarios, applying what you’re learning across infrastructure, Active Directory, web applications and AWS environments.
Offensive cybersecurity training helps close the gap between understanding suspicious activity and understanding the wider attack. It gives analysts practical insight into how attacks are planned, executed and progressed, helping them strengthen threat detection, incident investigation and response.
Discover why critical thinking, curiosity, and problem solving are some of the most valuable skills you can bring to cybersecurity. Learn how to develop a cybersecurity mindset, build practical skills through hands-on labs and structured training, and take your first steps towards a blue team or SOC analyst career.
