I was recently talking with a founder about the use of deception technology in their solution. After the conversation, I found myself thinking less about detection and more about economics and attacker behavior.
For years, defenders have been playing an expensive game while attackers have benefited from automation and scale.
What if AI starts to shift that equation?
Imagine deception environments that adapt in real time, generate believable activity, and engage adversaries long enough to force additional investigation and validation. Now the attacker is spending more time, more compute, and perhaps most importantly, operating with less confidence in what they are seeing.
That last point may matter most. An attacker who trusts what they find moves quickly. An attacker who questions everything slows down. In a world of increasingly autonomous systems, I wonder if the next generation of deception technology will be less about luring attackers and more about engaging them.
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