Service 07
Deception
& Honeypot Deployment
High-interaction decoys and honeytokens that catch lateral movement early — attackers reveal TTPs without touching production data.
Deception places high-interaction decoys and honeytokens where attackers look for crown jewels — fake AD paths, databases, cloud buckets, and credential lures with canary callbacks. Any interaction generates high-fidelity alerts with session context for IR, validated through purple-team exercises so your SIEM actually sees decoy hits.
Attacker caught
- 02:14:08SMB auth attempt — decoy-dc-01
- 02:14:11Mimikatz signature — contained
- 02:14:12Egress blocked — 185.220.x.x
120+
Decoys deployed
37
Attacker sessions
<2m
Mean detect
[ WHO IT IS FOR ]
Mature security programs seeking early lateral-movement detection without touching production data paths users rely on.
[ OPERATING CADENCE ]
Design aligned to architecture in week 1, deploy weeks 2–3, quarterly purple-team validation and persona rotation as estate changes.
Problems this
service line solves.
Why teams add this line to the retainer instead of stretching a generic MSSP or point tool.
- ◆Late detection after attackers already hold credentials
- ◆Low-fidelity alerts drowning real incidents
- ◆Fear of decoys impacting legitimate users
- ◆Cloud estates without internal network tripwires
What's included
in the retainer.
Concrete outputs — not vague 'assessment' language.
Decoy design
Fake AD, databases, and file shares believable to attackers.
Honeytokens
AWS keys, API tokens, and doc lures with canary callbacks.
Placement map
Coverage across VLANs and cloud segments.
Alerting
Any touch = high-fidelity P1 with auto-isolation options.
Forensics pack
Session replay and TTP export for IR.
Purple team
Validate blue team sees decoy hits in SIEM.
How it works
in five steps.
Discovery through operate — same cadence across all nine service lines.
01
Design
Align decoys to crown-jewel proximity.
02
Deploy
Lightweight agents and cloud honey resources.
03
Integrate
SIEM rules and SOAR hooks on decoy events.
04
Exercise
Red team validation quarterly.
05
Evolve
Rotate personas as your architecture changes.
[ 07.3 // PLATFORM ]
NorthSec AI
advantage.
Honeypot dashboard shows attacker timelines — credentials attempted, tools dropped, egress tried.
Platform overviewAttacker caught
- 02:14:08SMB auth attempt — decoy-dc-01
- 02:14:11Mimikatz signature — contained
- 02:14:12Egress blocked — 185.220.x.x
Control mapping
built in.
Sample mappings — full library expands per tenant frameworks.
CC7.1 Detection
SOC 2
A.8.16 Monitoring
ISO 27001
NIST DE.CM
NIST CSF
[ 07.5 // TIERS ]
Included by tier
| Tier | This service |
|---|---|
| foundation · $3,500/mo | ☒ |
| growth · $5,000/mo | ☒ |
| scale · $8,000/mo | ▲ |
| enterprise · $12,000/mo | ☑ |
☑ included · ▲ add-on · ☒ not in tier
Customer outcome
Lateral move caught in 90s
Manufacturer trapped ransomware scout before encryption phase.
Industrial SaaS · anonymized
FAQ
Isolated networks and synthetic data only — no production traffic.