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BSCP

Portswigger Burp Suite Certified Practioner

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Exam fee

$99

Ongoing

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Study time

80–160 hrs

Delivery

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Validity

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› Quality score

30.0 / 40

Four-axis SecProve rubric, each 0–10. SecProve editorial assessment — each axis carries a written justification so you can push back on any single call without dismissing the whole score.

Blueprint rigor

How well-defined and rigorous the exam blueprint is.

PortSwigger publishes the syllabus tightly tied to their Web Security Academy.

7.5/10

Practical evidence

Hands-on labs / written reports vs pure MCQ.

4-hour hands-on exam against two simulated web apps. Compact but real.

8.5/10

Currency & upkeep

How aggressively content is kept current with the field.

Web Security Academy content is updated continuously; cert tracks closely.

7.5/10

Market recognition

How often this signal actually moves a hiring decision.

Strong in AppSec and bug-bounty hiring; the de facto Burp-tooling credential.

6.5/10

› NICE Framework work roles

The NIST NICE work-role IDs this cert maps to. NICCS lookup.

PD-WRL-007

Recognition

Global

Exam languages

› Core domains covered

The 2 domains this cert is centrally about. Passing the exam demonstrates working knowledge of each.

A4Application Security

OWASP Top 10, secure SDLC, SAST/DAST/IAST, API security, code review, DevSecOps.

A9Penetration Testing & Red Teaming

Methodology (OSSTMM, PTES), web/network/mobile pentesting, social engineering, purple teaming.

› Prerequisites

Experience

Recommended: 3-5 years of relevant security experience. No formal prerequisite from the issuer.

› Progression

requiredrecommended

Where this cert fits in the typical learning path. Required edges are vendor-gated; recommended edges reflect de facto industry progression.

Required prereqs (0)

No vendor-gated prereqs.

Recommended priors (1)

eJPTINE

BSCP

Unbekannt

Required by (0)

No certs require this one.

Recommended next (1)

OSWEOffSec

› Careers that commonly pursue this cert

AppSec / DevSecOps Engineer

Embed security into the software development lifecycle. Shift left to catch vulnerabilities before they reach production.

Product Security Engineer

Embedded in a product team — owns threat modelling, secure design, libraries, dependency risk, and increasingly the AI-specific hardening of LLM features the product ships.

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