2022 SC Awards Finalists: Best Deception Technology

The CounterCraft Cyber Deception Platform builds and deploys buffer zones that lure attackers and fool them into engaging with false information and fake digital assets instead of real operational systems and data. Attackers believe they are effectively going through an organization’s network, but they’re actually being contained and studied, allowing the organization to keep sensitive information secure.

Deceptive Bytes’ patented deception technology uses the same defenses & techniques that malware is using against it, shapes the attackers’ decision making and beats the bad guys in their own game. The solution does it in two main ways. Preemptive defense: Making malware believe it’s in an unattractive or hostile environment to attack, reducing its motivation to attack and the chance of infection; and proactive defense: Dynamically responding to threats as they evolve, based on the current detected stage of compromise, and changing the outcome of the attack.

Attivo Networks ThreatDefend is a unique, comprehensive, and scalable cyber deception platform which provides concealment,l ures, misdirections, and decoys for an active defense. The platform covers 12 of 14 MITRE ATT&CK tactics and 72 techniques. It also extensively covers Mitre Engage in the Expose, Affect, and Elicit goals under the approaches of collection, detection, prevention, direction, disruption, reassurance, and motivation. Attivo conducted MITRE ATT&CK testing around APT 29 and 3 using their DIY kits to validate its value even further. The solution has real OS decoys and lures for deception authenticity and scalability across all attack surfaces (endpoint, networks, cloud, serverless, IoT, other specialized environments).