Let’s walk through a quick thought experiment. Imagine an attacker is already on an employee’s workstation. Maybe it was a phishing link. Maybe it was an insider threat. Either way, one of your layers failed.
Now the attacker is quietly exploring the workstation. They find an easy next hop—an eight-year-old Canon printer—and move to it. Our goal is to understand how long it might take to detect the attack and respond, comparing traditional log monitoring to Cyber Deception.
Let’s break it down:
Traditional Log Monitoring vs. Cyber Deception
- Before the Attack – Traditional logging captures routine printer events—paper jams, ink levels, maybe a login here or there. With Cyber Deception, decoy printers are already in place, designed to alert the moment they’re accessed—not to log mundane activity.
- Initial Reconnaissance – When an attacker scans the network, traditional tools stay silent. Cyber Deception, on the other hand, triggers an alert the moment a decoy or planted bait is touched, kicking off an immediate response.
- Lateral Movement – In a traditional setup, the attacker moves to a real device, and the activity is buried in logs. With Cyber Deception, the attacker hits a decoy, and their behavior—plus any stolen credentials—is captured and flagged in real-time.
- Continued Activity – Traditional systems might eventually flag unusual behavior, but only after the attacker has had time to move freely. Cyber Deception responds in the moment, helping defenders visualize and map the attack path as it unfolds.
- Detection and Response – Analysts using traditional tools have to sift through logs to find anomalies—if they see them at all. Cyber Deception sends focused, high-fidelity alerts directly to the SOC, cutting out the guesswork and delays.
The key takeaway? With Cyber Deception, time-to-detect is “T”, often measured in minutes. Traditional logging introduces a long chain of delays— “X,” “Y,” “Z,” and beyond—that can stretch into hours, days, or even weeks.
Why the delay? Because SIEMs don’t alert on everything. Analysts are overwhelmed. Not every log makes it through triage. In contrast, cyber deception cuts through the noise with immediate, actionable alerts.
So, if managing your log volume—and making sense of all that data—is burning budget and time, it might be time to rethink your strategy.
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