Deceptive Defense: Best Practices for Identity-Based Honeytokens in Microsoft Defender

Implementation Effort: Medium: Customer IT and Security Operations teams need to drive projects to configure and manage honeytoken accounts within Microsoft Defender.

User Impact: low: A subset of non-privileged users may need to be notified about the presence of honeytokens to avoid accidental interactions.

Overview

This article discusses the use of identity-based honeytokens in Microsoft Defender to set traps for malicious actors. Honeytokens are dormant accounts that trigger alerts upon any authentication attempt, helping to detect unauthorized access and lateral movement within the network, aligning with the Zero Trust framework by ensuring continuous verification and monitoring.

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Deceptive Defense: Best Practices for Identity-Based Honeytokens in Microsoft Defender