Clouds Are Where the (Security) Action Is: Have Honeypots Been Left in the Dust?

Eric Pauley; Paul Barford; Patrick McDaniel

doi:10.1109/MSEC.2025.3603410

Clouds Are Where the (Security) Action Is: Have Honeypots Been Left in the Dust?

Eric Pauley, Paul Barford, Patrick McDaniel

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Honeypots are essential to measuring and defending network services, but the shift to public clouds has eroded their effectiveness visibility over the past decade. By adapting to new deployment realities, we can regain this visibility and defend real-world deployments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2-8
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2025.3603410
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Law

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