Your company, based in Taiwan and accredited with ISO 27001, sells toys online and ships globally. After conducting penetration testing, as part of the risk assessment, your company finished implementing honeypots solutions as security controls to deter and detect intruders. As a security professional, which of the following upcoming activities will you suggest your company do first?
A. Conduct risk assessment
B. Research applicable laws and regulations
C. Implement consent banners and harden the honeypots to avoid entrapment
D. Create policies that define and clarify the goal of the honeypot system

Kindly be reminded that the suggested answer is for your reference only. It doesn’t matter whether you have the right or wrong answer. What really matters is your reasoning process and justifications.

My suggested answer is A. Conduct risk assessment.

Risk management is cyclical and iterative. Risk assessment is not one time job; it should be conducted periodically or after risk treatment or significant incident.

A security solution typically comprises various types of controls, e.g., administrative, technical, or physical. Implementing honeypot solutions doesn’t mean installing honeypot systems only; it should involve surveys, policies, or technical work. The original security solutions may involve the following:

• Researching applicable laws and regulations
• Creating policies that define and clarify the goal of the honeypot system
• Implementing consent banners and hardening the honeypots to avoid entrapment

Even if the security solutions miss anything, another run of the risk assessment will address this issue.

Reference

• Honeypot (computing)
• Honeypots Study Guide
• Honeypots: Are They Illegal?
• Internet honeypots: protection or entrapment?