As a freelance security consultant for a government agency, you are asked to deploy an isolated stand-alone server that closely imitates an existing production database but contains only harmless, fabricated records. All traffic to and from this decoy must be logged so analysts can study attacker TTPs. Which type of deception system should you implement?
A honeypot is a single computer or service intentionally exposed so it appears to be a valuable, vulnerable asset. Because no legitimate user should connect, any activity is malicious and can be recorded for later analysis. A honeynet is a network of multiple honeypots; it is more elaborate than the stand-alone system described. A DMZ is merely a network segment for public-facing servers, and a DDoS mitigator is designed to absorb large-scale traffic floods rather than lure attackers for research.
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