USAF Pursues Advanced “Deceptive” Cybersecurity Tactics
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 24/01/2017
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The US Air Force is working with industry to develop cybersecurity techniques that deceive and track attackers and intruders with techniques designed to confuse and gather information about the malicious actors, reports Defense Systems.
The service has begun a two-year public-private agreement with Galois, a private firm specializing in cybersecurity and IT dynamics.
The partnership is employing a number of next-generation practices such as the use of deceptive techniques designed to lure and track cyber-attackers.
Galois executives talk about it as a broadened or more sophisticated version of a “honey pot” tactic which seeks to create an attractive location for attackers – only to glean information about them.
A key element of these techniques uses computer automation to replicate human behavior in order to confuse a malicious actor hoping to monitor or gather information from traffic going across a network.
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The US Air Force is working with industry to develop cybersecurity techniques that deceive and track attackers and intruders with techniques designed to confuse and gather information about the malicious actors, reports Defense Systems.
The service has begun a two-year public-private agreement with Galois, a private firm specializing in cybersecurity and IT dynamics.
The partnership is employing a number of next-generation practices such as the use of deceptive techniques designed to lure and track cyber-attackers.
Galois executives talk about it as a broadened or more sophisticated version of a “honey pot” tactic which seeks to create an attractive location for attackers – only to glean information about them.
A key element of these techniques uses computer automation to replicate human behavior in order to confuse a malicious actor hoping to monitor or gather information from traffic going across a network.
