Keeping the Hackers Away : The Power Of Honeypots

We all know that in today's world, computer security has become crucial and people are getting concerned about the safety of their data on even cloud services as the cloud can also be hacked because no software or service is free from security vulnerabilities and there is always the vulnerability which leads to big data breaches and thus compromising your privacy and data. Honeypots are an absolute gift to cybersecurity agencies and people who know the application of honeypots which guarantees the safety of their data and it can eventually trick the hackers into making a big mistake. It is literally a trap that hackers fall in without even realizing that they have been tracked down.

Understanding The Role

A honeypot is basically a security mechanism that is designed to mimic like it is a venerable system or network when a hacker sends a request to the original target it is like "Hey there !" and when the hacker sends the request to the honeypot it is also like "Hey there !" which makes no difference. Now the question is how does it really protect the system or the network? As you heard it completely mimics the behavior of the vulnerable system or network, It is basically a decoy of the system or the network that is used to fool the hackers and bait them straight into the trap.

Types of Honeypots - 

There are two types of Honeypots mainly -

• Low Interaction Honeypots: They are simple honeypots that mimic some of the common vulnerabilities in a system or a network and attract hackers and potential threats to it.
  
  
• High Interaction Honeypots: These Honeypots are much more precisely designed with complexity and can reassemble a system in many ways the attacker can think of. They do provide a high level of security but also carry much data to attract hackers which can be risky but worth it at the same time.

Management By a Normal Person

1. Early and Precise Detection: As I stated previously it can help an individual in a really simple way by providing him with early and precise detection. Honeypots can be positioned within an individual network to detect attacks at an early stage only so that the risk of getting advanced threats is avoided then and there only.
   
   
2. Data Extracting: Once the attacker is in the trap of the Honeypot it can capture detailed information about the attacker and his techniques and the tools he used to develop countermeasures in the future for such attacks.
   
   
3. Making A Fool Of Them: Using a Honeypot wisely and setting it up strategically in your own network can make the attackers look like a fool to you and your secure network.
   
   
   

Management by a Company 

The Tech Giants are the primary targets of hacker organizations that plot an attack to gain access to the network of the company but the company deploys honeypots and many other security strategies to fortify their databases.

1.  Strategic Placements: Big IT companies do a strategic placement of the Honeypots and place them at the places where the attackers are most likely to attack due to the low-security protocol
   
   
2. Analyzing and Monitoring: Once the Honeypot gets triggered, the IT company's security team monitors every activity of the attacker and he doesn't realize that he has been baited.
   
   
3. Collective Measures: The Company now has the record of the previous attack that triggered the Honeypot and it develops protection against such kind of an attack in the future.

Honeypots are just like a boon to a company that uses them and a bane to the attacker that triggers them in an attempt of trying to compromise the honeypot-protected network.

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