HarbourFalse
HarbourFalse is a cybersecurity concept describing a class of deception technologies that present decoy digital environments and data to potential attackers. The term blends harbour, a place of refuge, with false, signaling deception. HarbourFalse deployments are used to lure intruders away from real assets, observe attacker behavior, and buy time for defenders. They can be implemented as honeypots, decoy services, fake data stores, or honey tokens integrated into a broader deception strategy.
Operational use involves creating a HarbourFalse environment that mirrors plausible assets, access controls, and data to
Limitations and risks include the possibility of bypass by savvy adversaries, generation of false positives, and
Variants can be described as active HarbourFalse (interactive engagement with intruders) and passive HarbourFalse (observation-only). In
See also: Honeypot; Honeynet; Deception technology; Threat intelligence; Cyber defense.