Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation

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What Is Deception?

 

Deception is an old tactic that has been used for millennia by forces around the world and throughout history. In this chapter, you will learn about some of the traditional techniques and methods commonly used by military and corporate organizations to counter threats and adversaries. This chapter shows how deception can be used as a tool to lure or push your threats into areas of your enterprise that you have prepared for proactive responses or countermeasures. It makes heavy use of military-based deception techniques, concepts, and vernacular, as most forms of formal deception were derived from military operations ...