What is deception in cyber security?
- The aim of deception is to preventa cybercriminal that has managed to infiltrate a network from doing any significant damage.
- Deception technologies generate decoys and traps that mimic real technology assets throughout a corporate infrastructure.
- Once the bait has been taken notifications are broadcast to a centralised deception server that records the behaviour, techniques and methods used.
- Traditionally individuals think of “honeypots” or “honeynets.
Benefits of deception in cyber security
Deception technologies and strategies can help to:
- Monitor and record attacker behaviour in real time.
- Improve incident response.•Reduce false positives.
- Automateand scale.
- Provide detailed and accurate reporting to authorities
Challenges of deception in cyber security
- Organisations need to develop deception strategies that are dynamic, indistinguishable and fresh.
- Deception is easy to do, but hard to do well.
- Attackers sometimes see deception as a challenge or an opportunity to show off their skillsets.
- It might not be right for everyone. Source
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