Starting eLearnSecurity WAPT v3 today

I actually paid for WAPT v3 in 2018, right after they introduced it. I got the
Elite version for $700 as part of a promotion. I knew I wouldn't have time to take it for
awhile. I finally got to start on it today (was hoping to start sooner). So far, I've downloaded the
Module 1 materials: A Penetration Testing Reporting Guide and the WASC
Threat Classification V2.00. Both are dated 2010. Very little mention of
OWASP. You'd think that these materials would've been updated by now,
especially since the course costs so much. I'm hoping that the rest of
the materials are a bit more up-to-date. Time will tell as I work
through the modules.
Edit: A couple of years ago, I took the eJPT and really enjoyed it. I'm hoping that WAPT turns out to be as good.
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The material seems to pick up after the introductory modules. It got really heavy once I got into the CMS, NoSQL stuff. I need to review a lot of that. The HTML5, XPATH, Auth and Sess modules were very new to me. The SQLi, XSS modules are good but most people coming from traditional pentesting or CTF courses understand these.
I think you will enjoy the course just push through. It is a lot of content to digest, the labs were fun. I also recommend taking notes on the labs, like if you were going a HTB or OSCP exam. You will need to reference those during the exam.
2023 Cert Goals: SC-100, eCPTX
WAPTv3 I have had since v2 days and I have always been on and off with my studies. You could say I have done the first 5-6 modules on and off since v2 with no real commitment to the course. However now I have the motivation to go through with it and properly focus on it and take the exam. I picked up where I left off, did the labs for xss and sqli, then proceeded with the rest of the course as normal (pdf, extra material, labs, challenges). To go through all the rest of the modules was around 3 and a half weeks. I understood everything but truthfully I really need to refine the material before I attempt the exam. I have slacked the past week. So I am targeting the last week of June or first week of July.
Then focusing on some azure and o365 stuff for the next two months july - august. Then end the year with PTXv2, hopefully resting all of December.
2023 Cert Goals: SC-100, eCPTX
Thanks! So far so good. Yesterday, I finished the first four videos. Some, like the Burp and ZAP training, were review but good. The cookies and same origin policy training was really good. Today, I have to make it through 200+ slides and then do the labs. I'm looking forward to those.