Summary
I believe that the confusion about what honeypots are and their value has led to their slow adoption. As organizations better understand what honeypots can and cannot achieve, we will see increased acceptance of these technologies.
Honeypots will become easier to use as they incorporate intuitive GUIs and bootable CD-ROMs, and as they are deployed as appliances. Most honeypots will be more specific in their purpose, mainly deployed as low-interaction or high-interaction honeypots. We will most likely see few medium-interaction honeypots. Finally, there will be a dramatic growth of research honeypots, used to study and learn the threats that exist in cyberspace.
The future of honeypots is extremely exciting. I feel we have only begun ...
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