Beyond the Honeypot - Interactionless Deception

Most cybersecurity deception strategies rely on the "trap"—waiting for an adversary to touch a honeypot or trigger a canary. But what if the most effective deception is the one the attacker never interacts with? Enter interactionless deception: a strategic shift from detection to deterrence, where the mere presence of deceptive artifacts degrades an attacker's confidence and disrupts their momentum. In this session, we will move beyond the "tripwire" mentality to explore how to turn your environment into a psychological minefield. We will map these techniques against the seven most frequently utilized MITRE ATT&CK TTPs, proposing a model for how psychological friction can degrade adversarial success.