Absolutely not. Deception operates within a completely isolated network segment, ensuring zero impact on production systems. Deception tools are designed to be lightweight and require minimal resources, further reducing the potential for any performance impact on the OT network.

Deception systems can record attacker actions in detail, providing valuable forensic data on their tactics, objectives, and tools. This intelligence can be used to refine defenses in several ways:

• Identify patterns and IOCs: Analyze attacker behaviors to identify recurring patterns and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that can be used to update security controls and improve threat hunting capabilities.
• Test security efficacy: Use deception to test the effectiveness of existing security measures by observing how attackers attempt to bypass them. This can help identify weaknesses in the security posture and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Anticipate future attacks: By understanding attacker Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), security teams can proactively develop countermeasures to thwart future attacks.

Deception fundamentally changes the security paradigm by taking a proactive stance, as opposed to traditional security tools which are primarily reactive:

• Proactive vs Reactive: Deception lays traps for attackers, while traditional tools wait for threats to occur before raising alerts.
• Focus on Prevention vs Detection: Deception aims to prevent attackers from reaching critical systems, while traditional tools focus on identifying threats after they have infiltrated the network.
• Early Warning vs Incident Response: Deception provides early warnings of potential attacks, allowing for swift mitigation, whereas traditional tools trigger alerts after a security breach has already happened.

Absolutely. Deception solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with existing security tools to form a comprehensive and layered security posture. This integration enables deception to share rich threat intelligence gleaned from attacker interactions with decoys. Deception platforms can achieve this integration in several ways:

• SIEM Integration: Deception platforms can integrate with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems to provide SIEM with valuable insights about attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). SIEM systems can then leverage this intelligence to correlate data from other security tools, enabling them to generate more accurate and insightful alerts.
• Firewall Integration: Deception solutions can also integrate with firewalls to automatically route suspicious traffic identified within the decoys to designated forensic analysis tools for further investigation and potential threat mitigation.