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CRTA — Certified Red Team Analyst

Certified by CyberWarFare Labs (CWL)

Candidate
Shantanu Kakade
Date Awarded
September 13, 2026
Credential ID
CRTA-6aa60fef65159096bae18804
Status
Verified

Hands-on red team certification focused on practical offensive security operations, including reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation, privilege escalation, and post-exploitation activities.

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eJPT — Junior Penetration Tester

Certified by INE Security

Candidate
Shantanu Kakade
Date Awarded
January 19, 2026
Credential ID
172101400
Status
Verified

Hands-on penetration testing certification focused on web application security, network penetration testing, enumeration, exploitation, privilege escalation, and professional reporting.

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CNSP — Certified Network Security Practitioner

Issued by The SecOps Group

Candidate
Shantanu Kakade
Date Awarded
25 November 2025
Certificate ID
10778397
Status
Certified

Practitioner-level certification validating hands-on knowledge of network security assessments, infrastructure penetration testing, common protocol attacks, and secure network defense.

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CORE — Certified Cybersecurity Foundations

Issued by Hackviser

Candidate
Shantanu Kakade
Date Awarded
July 13, 2026
Credential ID
HV-CORE-N4HB275M
Status
Verified

Foundational cybersecurity certification covering core security principles, practical security exercises, and baseline competence across offensive and defensive security domains.

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7Mentor Institute

CCNA

Training

CCNA training at 7Mentor Institute covering networking fundamentals, routing & switching, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, subnetting, network security, and troubleshooting.

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RHCSA

Training

RHCSA training at 7Mentor Institute covering Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration, shell scripting, file systems, users & permissions, networking, system services, and security.

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TryHackMe

129+ completed rooms, 18 badges earned, Top 4% globally. Practical hands-on experience in Web Security, Linux, Windows, Active Directory, and Capture The Flag challenges.

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Hack The Box

Hands-on practice through Hack The Box labs and machines focused on penetration testing, enumeration, privilege escalation, web security, and Active Directory.

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