What term describes a network of decoy systems used to lure and trap attackers?

• A. Honeypot
• B. Sandbox
• C. Deception Grid
• D. Honeynets

Answer: (D)

Deception technology uses fake assets to attract attackers and observe their methods. When those decoys are connected as a coordinated network that imitates a real environment, you’ve created a honeynet. A honeynet expands a single decoy into multiple hosts and services that attackers can interact with, which provides broader coverage, richer data, and a better view of attacker movement across a network.

A honeypot is just one decoy system, so it doesn’t offer the same scale. A sandbox is an isolated testing environment for running untrusted code, not a lure for real attackers in a live network. A deception grid is a broader term for deception elements but doesn’t specifically denote a network of decoy systems. Hence, the network of decoy systems described is honeynets.