During a weekly security operations review, the SOC manager reports that external scans are bypassing the perimeter firewall without triggering alerts. To gain deeper insight into adversary tactics, she proposes deploying an isolated system that intentionally exposes services so that every attacker interaction is logged and analyzed by the incident-response team. Which type of security resource BEST meets this goal?
A honeypot is a deliberately vulnerable or alluring decoy that invites probing, attack, or compromise so defenders can record exploits, payloads, and tactics. A network-based IDS only monitors traffic and raises alerts; it does not seek to entice attackers. A next-generation firewall primarily filters and blocks traffic based on signatures, behavior, or policy-even if it includes IPS features. A virtualized sandbox detonates suspicious files in a controlled environment, but it is not intended to attract threats that are already on the network. Therefore, the honeypot uniquely fulfills the stated requirement.
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