A cybersecurity technician sets up a honeypot within a separate DMZ of the enterprise network. What is the purpose of doing this?

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A cybersecurity technician sets up a honeypot within a separate DMZ of the enterprise network. What is the purpose of doing this?

  • to attract threat actors in order to gather attack-related information that can then be shared with threat intelligence platform subscribers
  • to gather virus signatures so that antivirus signature database can be updated
  • to set up an audit trail of threat actors who access the platform
  • to gather malware signatures so that they can patch the attack surface

Explanation: Honeypots are simulated networks or servers that are designed to attract threat actors in order to gather attack-related information that can then be shared with threat intelligence platform subscribers.

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