Honey pots can help to mitigate cybersecurity breaches

Honey pots – decoy devices or systems designed to look like commercially sensitive data repositories or network elements –  can improve detection of cybersecurity breaches, says telecommunications service provider Saicom Voice Services chief technology officer Greg de Chasteauneuf. Cyberattackers are often present on networks that they have infiltrated for lengthy periods before carrying out an attack. During this time, they explore the compromised network, often relatively freely, to identify potentially commercially sensitive information or vulnerable systems.