Cyber Security Institute
Friday, August 24, 2007
Honeypots as sticky as ever
Longtime readers of the author’s column know what a honeypot proponent he is. He runs several around the world, collecting information on malware and malicious hackers, and he think every company should have one. Companies should have a honeypot, not to learn hacker and malware tricks, but as an early warning system. All computer security defenses will ultimately fail. And if they fail and a bad thing gets by your defenses, what’s the next best thing? Take a box you’re getting ready to throw away, and make it a honeypot.