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Hybrid Cyber Defense Strategies Using Honey-X: A Survey

This survey reviews and categorizes honey-X-based defense strategies, such as honeypots and honeytokens, which use deception to gather threat intelligence and protect networks. The authors also examine their combination with moving target defense, game theory and machine learning, and outline security quantification, challenges and future directions.

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This survey reviews and categorizes honey-X-based defense strategies, such as honeypots and honeytokens, which use deception to gather threat intelligence and protect networks. The authors also examine their combination with moving target defense, game theory and machine learning, and outline security quantification, challenges and future directions.

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  1. Hybrid Cyber Defense Strategies Using Honey-X: A Survey
    abstract · 2026-10-11

Reviewed: 2026-10-16. This record may change when new evidence is found.

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