Traditionally, the area of information security has been purely defensive. Classic examples of the defensive mechanisms used in order to protect communication networks include firewalls, encryption and IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems). The strategy follows the classical security paradigm of "Protect, Detect and React.” In other words, try to protect the network as best as possible, detect any failures in that defense, and then react to those failures.
The problem with this approach is that the attacker has the initiative, always being one step ahead. For example, traditional, signature-based antivirus solutions have a hard time keeping up with the flood of new malware appearing each day (since the attackers can test new malware samples before releasing them into the wild). In the last few years, it has become more and more clear that these traditional, network-based defense techniques have severe limitations. How to Use Honeypots to Improve Your Network Security – Security
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