Paper

Three Decades of Deception Techniques in Active Cyber Defense—Retrospect and Outlook

Historical review of honeypots, honeytokens and moving target defense from the late 1980s through 2021.

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What we know

Historical review of honeypots, honeytokens and moving target defense from the late 1980s through 2021.

Evidence limits

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Reviewed: full text.

Full-text review · 2026-09-16

Design and scope

Historical review of representative work on honeypots, honeytokens and MTD through 2021.

Main finding

Shows complementarity among the three families and calls for evaluation on realistic platforms.

Evidence limits

Representative selection is not an exhaustive inventory and the cutoff excludes later advances.

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  1. Three Decades of Deception Techniques in Active Cyber Defense—Retrospect and Outlook
    full-text · 2026-09-16

Reviewed: 2026-09-16. This record may change when new evidence is found.

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