Patent ID: 7356844
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing security for a computer network, comprising: automatically generating content for a computer associated with the network; creating on the computer a deception environment comprising an operating system and the automatically generated content; determining automatically based on a preconfigured policy not specific to any user whether a user should be routed to the deception environment; and routing the user to the deception environment if it is determined that the user should be routed to the deception environment; wherein automatically generating content comprises, for at least a subset of the generated content, selecting through an automated process and without human intervention a corresponding value for each of one or more inputs of each of a plurality of templates, each of at least a subset of the templates comprising fictitious content, the respective value for each of at least a subset of said inputs being selected by the automated process from an associated database of possible values, the associated database of possible values comprising at least one or more fictitious values.