Burp Suite Certified Practitioner ( BSCP)

📚 Step 1: PortSwigger’s Web Security Academy

• Start with all Apprentice & Practitioner labs. Don’t just follow walkthroughs—understand the vulnerability, how to exploit it, and why a payload works. Don't just copy-paste!

⏱ My timeline (approx.):

SQL Injection: 4–5 days XSS: 4–5 days HTTP Request Smuggling: 5–6 days Web Cache Poisoning & Deception: 3–5 days Insecure Deserialization: 2–3 days Authentication & Access Control: 6 days Other topics (CSRF, XXE, SSRF, SSTI, etc.): 1–2 days each

🔑 Step 2: Mystery Labs (5 days)

• Do 8–10 labs a day. They sharpen your speed and are essential for the exam and real-world pentesting.

🔑 Step 3: Practice Exams (3 days)

• Do them at least 2–3 times. If stuck, walkthroughs are fine—just focus on methodology, not memorization.

🛠️ Tools That Saved Time

• ysoserial-wrapper.py → automates insecure deserialization payloads generation

• WASSR.py → Quickly highlights potential vulnerabilities.

That’s it. The rest you’ll pick up from the labs.

📑 Cheatsheets (Your Exam Lifeline)

• Keep these open during prep + the exam. They contain payloads, workflows, and ready-to-use modified versions of exploits.

🔗 https://github.com/botesjuan/Burp-Suite-Certified-Practitioner-Exam-Study 🔗 https://github.com/DingyShark/BurpSuiteCertifiedPractitioner

🧠 Key Tip

• If you’re stuck for more than 15 minutes, reset. A fresh perspective often reveals the bug. (I wasted hours chasing CSRF/Host Header when the real issue was a CORS misconfig.)