Threat Intelligence
CISA Shows Small Businesses How to Turn the Tables on Hackers
Dark Reading · 23 Sept 2026
Key Takeaway
Even small businesses can benefit from simple deception tactics, like decoy files or fake accounts, to help spot intruders before real damage occurs.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published guidance encouraging organisations, including those with limited resources, to use deception techniques to help catch hackers in the act.
The approach involves setting traps within a network that can alert defenders to suspicious activity before real damage is done. This gives smaller organisations, which often lack large security teams, a low-cost way to spot intruders early.
While full details of the guidance are still emerging, the core idea is straightforward: making it harder and slower for attackers to move through a network increases the chance they will be noticed before causing serious harm.