Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

The Role of Honeypots in Overall Security

Now that we have reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of honeypots, let’s apply them to security. Specifically, how do honeypots add value to security and reduce your organization’s overall risk? As we discussed earlier, there are two categories of honeypots: production and research. We will review how honeypots add value in relation to these two categories.

Production Honeypots

Production honeypots are systems that help mitigate risk in your organization or environment. They provide specific value to securing your systems and networks. Earlier we compared these honeypots to law enforcement: Their job is to take care of the bad guys. How do they accomplish this? To answer that question, we are ...