Attivo Networks enhanced its ThreatDefend platform designed to deceive and reveal attackers that have bypassed perimeter security. It added counterintelligence functionality to help companies identify the specific data attackers are seeking, as well as geolocation services that indicate where the documents are being accessed. The...
By: Carolyn Crandall In my day-to-day conversations with the security community, including at the 2017 ISSA International Conference held in early October in San Diego, I continue to be surprised by misconceptions some very experienced cybersecurity professionals have about deception technology. I suspect it is...
With a growing number of companies looking to add deception as part of their layered security defense, it is fairly common for me to be at an event or talking with a prospect and be asked, “Isn’t deception technology just a honeypot?” I can...
If ever there was a need for new ideas in IT security, the time is now. All one has to do is mention hacking victims like Target, Home Depot, Sony and the IRS, and the images come wincingly to mind....