There is usually an ongoing demand for security experts to create security systems for networks that balance security and manageability when setting up security measures around the perimeter of the network. Firewalls, for example, are designed to prevent unwanted and highly dangerous contents from infiltrating a network. They usually determine the inflow and outflow of content traffic into a network. However, egress Analysis provided by Firewall can be very restrictive. Moreover, it can also lessen the manageability and functionality of a network by being selective in permitting outgoing and inflowing contents. Hence, network security experts are often hard-pressed to produce innovative security measures that are designed to balance manageability and security.
In huge networks, manageability is sometimes subservient to the concept of security. Huge networks that harbor highly sensitive information and data often prefer to step up the security of their networks while sacrificing the extent of the manageability of the flow of their contents. For this reason, network security managers are often looking for innovative ways to prevent the breach of the perimeters of their networks without compromising manageability. Some security managers employ the services of managed security providing companies that provide highly innovative solutions such as that of the security through deception solution.
The concept of deception can never be left aside when it comes to any war. In actual wars, deception definitely plays for an army a critical role in its becoming victorious. In the same manner, in cyberwar, deception should be a major and essential component of the security measures to overcome potential cyber-attacks. The use of deception technology is not a passive form of security measures against cyber-attacks. It is a proactive security measure that is designed to nip the cyber-attack in the bud.
This deception technology uses, for example, a decoy network that is configured in such a way that it appears to be the real network to cyber-attackers. The cyber-hackers, thinking that the decoy network is the real network, would then look for possible weakness in the decoy network. The decoy network, on the other hand, is laced with a series of cyber trap or cyber traps that are designed to lure the cyber-hackers into attacking it and eventually lead the cyber-hackers to reveal their very natures.
Deception technology, using a decoy network as a proactive security measure, has been proving itself to be very effective in entrapping cyber-attacks and malware. In contradistinction to passive measures against cyber-attacks, deception technology generally makes use of the very method that cyber-hackers are using to gain entry into a network, and that method is deception. Cyber-hackers thrive in deceptions by using deceptive contents like phishing emails. Network security managers then would use the same method to ensure that cyber-hackers are checked and contained, right at the very onset of their cyber-attacks.
The use of deception as a means to trap cyber-hackers is like giving cyber-hackers their own dose of medicine. Moreover, the decoy network, as a deceptive tool, is seamlessly incorporated into the real network, and its configuration is such that it is able to lure cyber-attackers into attacking it. Moreover, it is quite unique because its use marks the very first time that network security managers would be utilizing deception as its tactic in neutralizing cyber-attacks.
