Protects assets when immediate patching or vulnerability remediation isn’t feasible.
Autonomous security solutions leader Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero Tripwires™ is the first known solution that integrates attack detection directly into the penetration testing process to identify unauthorized access and malicious activities in real time.
By providing a precision-placed early warning system on exploitable attack paths during a pentest, NodeZero Tripwires significantly enhances organizational security posture and effectively disrupts potential attackers – a radical departure from outdated methods.
A New, More Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity
With network breaches, ransom demands, and data exfiltration occurring daily, traditional security measures are proving inadequate. Existing cyber deception tools often rely on vast rule libraries and scripts, they randomly scatter decoys like honeytokens across the network, and the false positives they produce can batter security teams with unnecessary alerts.
NodeZero Tripwires represents a radical departure from these outdated methods by autonomously deploying the solution as part of the penetration testing process. During a pentest, NodeZero strategically places decoys—such as fake files and credentials—based on the exploitable attack paths it discovers. If a malicious actor interacts with a tripwire, an immediate alert is sent from NodeZero to security teams, enabling rapid response and containment of the threat.
Horizon3.ai experts say the approach is akin to identifying areas in your home that are likely paths an intruder would take, then placing motion detectors in high-risk areas to trigger alerts if a real intruder attempts a break-in.
“NodeZero Tripwires represents a significant leap forward for organizations aiming to secure their systems during a critical window of exploitability,” said Snehal Antani, CEO at Horizon3.ai. “The hardest part of building an early warning network is figuring out where to deploy decoys. By using pentest results as a guide, customers can now seamlessly deploy honey tokens – fake AWS credentials, Azure tokens, sensitive command tokens, kubeconfig files, etc. – onto servers and file shares that are likely to be exploited, maximizing signal and minimizing noise.”
With the average MTTR critical vulns now being 58 days, NodeZero Tripwires acts as an essential safeguard, providing early warnings for assets with a high probability of being exploited.
“During a previous pentest, a tester used exposed credentials to compromise servers. Now, with NodeZero Tripwires, we can deploy decoy credentials in vulnerable spots and be alerted if they’re used. This gives real-time intelligence on attacker activity, enabling us to track movements and, with our SIEM logs, quickly identify and remove the threat. Tripwires offers unmatched signal-to-noise clarity, making it invaluable in IT security,” said a Director of Infrastructure Engineering at a manufacturer of building products.
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