Help Net Security: Security Year in Review: Honeypots

“This has been a great year for honeypots, finally this method
of collecting security information got its deserved place under the
spotlight as more people began to realize the benefits that a
honeypot, deployed in their organization, brings.

“In order to get the real picture of honeypots I contacted the
person that’s an authority on the subject–Lance Spitzner. He is
the founder of the Honeynet Project, moderator of the honeypot
mailing list, co-author of ‘Know Your Enemy’, author of ‘Honeypots:
Tracking Hackers’ and also author of several whitepapers. He works
as a senior security architect for Sun Microsystems, Inc.

“Spitzner said: ‘I’m a huge fan of honeypots. I know of no other
security technology that lets you turn the tables on the bad guys,
honepyots give you the initiative. I’ve been using them for several
years now to learn about how attackers operate, and the latest
threats. When I look back, I’m amazed at how much I’ve learned. I’m
extremely excited about the future of honeypots, we have only begun
to tap into their potential…'”

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