Honeypots as a Tool to Improve Incident Response Readiness at USP

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Title:

Honeypots as a Tool to Improve Incident Response Readiness at USP (ID: SEC07101)

Author(s):

Alberto Camilli (Universidade de Sao Paulo) and Maria Isabel Teixeira das Chagas (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

Topics:

Incident Handling and Response, Network Vulnerability Assessment, Security Management

Origin:

Presented at Security Professionals Conference (04/12/2007)

Type:

Presentations/Speeches

Abstract:

A honeypot network was deployed in the main campuses of USP. This presentation will discuss how these honeypots were configured, as well as the initiative's impact on the perception of incident reduction at USP. It will also demonstrate the mechanism for automated honeypot notification and the major statistics resulting from honeypot incidents at USP.

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