Honeypots: Catching the Insider Threat

  • Authors:
  • Lance Spitzner

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ACSAC '03 Proceedings of the 19th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In the past several years there has been extensiveresearch into honeypot technologies, primarily fordetection and information gathering against externalthreats. However, little research has been done for one ofthe most dangerous threats, the advance insider, thetrusted individual who knows your internal organization.These individuals are not after your systems, they areafter your information. This presentation discusses howhoneypot technologies can be used to detect, identify, andgather information on these specific threats.