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Honeypots are decoy systems or servers deployed alongside production systems within your network. When deployed as enticing targets for attackers, honeypots can add security monitoring opportunities for blue teams and misdirect the adversary from their true target. Honeypots come in a variety of complexities depending on the needs of your organization and can be a significant line of defense when it comes to flagging attacks early. This page will get into more detail on what honeypots are, how they are used, and the benefits of implementing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Honeypots are attack targets that are set up to see how different attackers attempt exploits. Private firms and governments can utilize the same concept to evaluate their vulnerabilities, which is widely used in academic settings. Honeypots are decoy systems or servers deployed alongside production systems within your network. When deployed as enticing targets for attackers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","gtb_hide_title":false,"gtb_wrap_title":false,"gtb_class_title":"","gtb_remove_headerfooter":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16540],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyber-security"],"yoast_head":"\n
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