What is Deception Technology in Cybersecurity?

Deception Technology is a type of cybersecurity defense that works by disseminating a series of traps and decoys throughout a system's infrastructure to simulate genuine assets. If an intruder sets off a decoy, the server will keep track of the attack vectors used for the length of the engagement.

The technology operates by creating traps or deceptive decoys that seem like actual technology assets throughout the infrastructure. These decoys can run on a virtual or physical operating system and are intended to fool cybercriminals into thinking they've figured out a means to escalate privileges and steal credentials. When a trap is set, notifications are sent to a centralized deception server, which keeps track of the affected decoy and the cybercriminal's attack routes.

Why Do Hackers Use Deception Technology?

Although no security solution can prevent all attacks on a network, deception technologies can offer attackers the false illusion of security that they have achieved a foothold on your network.

• Deception technology minimizes the noise with fewer false positives and high-fidelity warnings filled with relevant data.

• Deception technology also poses a low risk because it poses no threat to data or has no effect on resources or operations.

• Breadcrumbs can be provided via deception technology for a wide range of devices, including legacy systems, industry-specific environments, and even IoT devices.

How to Eliminate Deception Technology?

You can take the following actions to eliminate deception technology −

• Prioritize and fine-tune correlation and alerting in the security operations center − Deception technology is only in place to entice attackers and people with harmful or suspicious intentions. As a result, only accurate warnings with no or minimal false positives should be generated. In many circumstances, SOC teams can prioritize deception technology warnings and spend less time determining whether or not they are authentic, which helps speed up investigations and case resolution.

• Create use-cases and playbooks for insider threats − Deception technology is adept at detecting insiders as well as detecting stealthy attackers who may have obtained access to the environment. Security teams can create playbooks that focus on this type of detection and response, which has proven problematic for many owing to privacy or entrapment issues.

• Create highly tactical threat intelligence − Many in the threat intelligence sector would tell you that the finest intel comes from within your own walls, and deception technologies may simplify this process dramatically.

• Reduce attacker dwell time(or increase it) while improving defense response time − Finally, deception technology can provide a more granular level of control over how long attackers have access to the environment due to its prompt detection of undesirable conduct. You can shift dwell duration in either direction with deception technologies, depending on certain assaults or use cases.

Importance of Deception Technology

Organizations must be able to spot suspicious activity early in the attack chain and respond appropriately as attack vectors become more sophisticated.

• Cut down on the time an attacker spends on your network.

• Reduce the average time it takes to detect and respond to threats.

• Reduce your alertness weariness.

• Create measurements for indicators of compromise (IOCs) as well as tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

One of the most fundamental qualities for successful deception technology installation is that it remains undetectable and new to the attacker. If an attacker feels they're being duped, they'll do everything they can to avoid traps and increase their efforts to reach your genuine valuables.

Machine Learning and AI are embedded into the foundation of many deception security solutions. These features keep deception approaches current and helps decrease operational overheads and the impact on security teams by removing the need for security teams to create new deception campaigns regularly.