Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

Determining the Number of Honeypots

Based on the criteria described so far, you should be able to identify the honeypot technology that best suits your organization. The next decision is how many honeypots to deploy.

For very large organizations with multiple networks, just one honeypot may not do the job; several honeypots deployed throughout the organization may be required. This is especially true of production honeypots, where different networks may require different honeypots to help secure the environment. As security professionals, we would probably want to deploy as many as possible, maybe even one or two on every network. However, budgetary constraints probably will limit how many honeypots you can deploy. Remember, the cost of honeypots ...