Fortinet FortiDeceptor – Deception Platform
Detect and Disarm Threats Before They Escalate
FortiDeceptor enhances your security posture by delivering early detection and automated isolation of advanced threats. It deploys realistic decoys and lures to engage attackers, forcing them to expose themselves before reaching critical assets.Outsmart attackers with deception identify threats early and respond with precision.
FortiDeceptor Hardware Appliances
FortiDeceptor-1000G
- Form Factor : 1 RU Rackmount
- Max VLANs : 128
- Total Interfaces : 4 x GE (RJ45), 4 x GE (SFP)
- Default RAID level : 1
- Power Supply Unit : Dual PSU optional
FortiDeceptor-100G
- Form Factor : Desktop – fanless
- Max VLANs : 48
- Total Interfaces : 6x 1GbE RJ-45 ports
- Default RAID level : No
- Power Supply Unit : 24Vdc – 48Vdc input
FortiDeceptor Virtual Machines
- Max VLANs : 128
- Ports : 6 virtual network interfaces
Overview
Detect In-Network Threats Before Damage Is Done
Part of the Fortinet SecOps Platform, FortiDeceptor identifies and responds to in-network threats like stolen credential usage, lateral movement, man-in-the-middle attacks, and ransomware. By layering intrusion-based detection with contextual intelligence, FortiDeceptor shifts your security posture from reactive to proactive, allowing security teams to uncover hidden threats before they escalate. Add deception to your defense and stop attackers from moving undetected.
FortiDeceptor-as-a-Service (FDaaS)
Early, Accurate Threat Detection Without False Positives.
FortiDeceptor-as-a-Service is a SaaS-based deception solution that provides early and accurate detection of in-network attacks such as stolen credential use, lateral movement, man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, and ransomware. By deploying realistic decoys using only unused IP addresses hosted in Fortinet’s private cloud FDaaS ensures zero impact on your live network while luring attackers outside of your production environment. These decoys engage with both human and automated attackers during the reconnaissance phase, triggering high-fidelity alerts without false positives. This significantly reduces attacker dwell time and relieves pressure on SOC teams overwhelmed by noisy alerts. FortiDeceptor-as-a-Service also correlates incidents and campaign activity, collecting IOCs and TTPs to support faster, smarter threat response decisions. As part of a proactive cybersecurity strategy, FDaaS transforms your defense posture shifting from reactive to anticipatory threat detection with real-time contextual intelligence.
Divert attacks outside your network and keep it safe with FortiDeceptor-as-a-Service.
FortiDeceptor-as-a-Service is a SaaS-based deception solution that detects and responds to in-network threats such as stolen credentials, lateral movement, man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, and ransomware. Operating from the Fortinet private cloud, it deploys decoys using your organization’s unused IP addresses, ensuring no disruption to live network operations. When attackers automated or human interact with these decoys, they are engaged outside your actual network environment, effectively neutralizing the threat before any damage can occur.
Automatically contain in-network attacks before they spread
When an attacker engages with deception assets, for example, fake files on an endpoint, or if malware tries to encrypt fake file, FortiDeceptor can neutralize the attack by automatically isolating any compromised endpoint. This prevents the attack from spreading and stops communication with a C&C server. This can be done using FortiDeceptor’s built-in, automated attack quarantine capabilities or by sending an alert to SIEM/SOAR for an orchestrated response
Scale up dynamic protection as threats evolve with FortiDeceptor
To address emerging threats and newly discovered vulnerabilities, FortiDeceptor enables the on-demand creation of deception decoys in response to suspicious activity delivering automated, adaptive protection across IT, OT, and IoT environments. Going beyond traditional SOAR enrichment and automated host quarantine, FortiDeceptor also supports SOAR-driven playbooks for real-time deployment of deception assets, allowing organizations to dynamically scale their defenses as the threat landscape shifts.
Features and Benefits
FortiDeceptor is a dynamic deception platform with broad support for IT, OT, and IoT environments designed to divert attackers away from critical assets and shift the advantage back to the defender.
Visibility & Accelerated Response
FortiDeceptor integrates seamlessly with the Fortinet Security Fabric and leading third-party security tools, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and sandbox solutions. This integration enhances visibility, streamlines detection, and accelerates response by enabling coordinated threat intelligence sharing and automated defensive actions across your security ecosystem.
Insider Threat Detection
FortiDeceptor helps reduce attacker dwell time and false positives by detecting early-stage activities such as internal reconnaissance and lateral movement. By deploying decoys that mimic real assets, it effectively misdirects insider threats away from critical systems—allowing security teams to identify and contain attacks before damage occurs.
Forensics & Threat Intelligence
FortiDeceptor captures and analyzes attacker behavior in real time, delivering rich forensic insights into each stage of the attack. It automatically collects Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to support rapid threat analysis, enhance incident response, and strengthen overall threat intelligence sharing across your security ecosystem.
Quarantined/Unquarantined Attacks
When an infected endpoint is identified, FortiDeceptor can automatically quarantine the device, isolating it from the production network to prevent lateral movement and further compromise. Once validated and remediated, the endpoint can be safely reintegrated, minimizing operational disruption while maintaining security integrity.
Optimized for OT/IoT Networks
FortiDeceptor is purpose-built to protect complex OT and IoT environments, offering a wide range of predefined decoys, including SCADA systems, IoT sensors, and industrial protocols. Organizations can also upload custom decoys to better reflect their unique infrastructure, ensuring tailored deception coverage across diverse operational networks.
Easy Deployment & Maintenance
FortiDeceptor simplifies rollout with automated, asset-matching decoy deployment that mirrors your real environment without affecting network stability or performance. Its low-maintenance design ensures rapid setup and ongoing operation with minimal overhead, making deception-based defense both effective and effortless.
Use Cases
Dynamic Deception
FDetects threats through a passive network footprint, extending visibility to assets that can’t provide their own telemetry.
Ransomware Mitigation
Detects ransomware early by luring it to encrypt decoy files, then automatically blocks the infected endpoint to stop the spread.
Lateral Movement Detection
Identifies attackers during early reconnaissance and diverts lateral movement to decoys, keeping real assets safe.
Active Directory Deception
Uses a passive footprint to detect threats targeting AD infrastructure and non-telemetry assets, enhancing visibility and breach detection.
Security for IT/OT/IOT/IOMT
Provides extensive built-in decoys (e.g., SCADA, IoT sensors) and supports custom decoy uploads for comprehensive protection across all environments.
Layer 2 Attack Detection
Identifies MITM, NBT-NS, mDNS, and LLMNR spoofing attacks using a combination of active and passive detection techniques.
FortiDeceptor Legacy Models
- FortiDeceptor-1000F
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