Legal issues of honeynet's generations

Abstract

Honeynets have now become a standard part of security measures within the organization. Their purpose is to protect critical information systems and information; this is complemented by acquisition of information about the network threats, attackers and attacks. It is very important to consider issues affecting the deployment and usage of the honeypots and honeynets. This paper discusses the legal issues of honeynets considering their generations. Paper focuses on legal issues of core elements of honeynets, especially data control, data capture and data collection. Paper also draws attention on the issues pertaining to privacy and liability. The analysis of legal issues is based on EU law and it is supplemented by a review of the research literature, related to legal aspects of honeypots and honeynets.

Honeypots and honeynets: issues of privacy

“…For example, Dornseif et al [14] focus on legal issues of the usage of honeypots in the context of German laws. Sokol [15] focuses on the legal issues of honeynet generations. He discusses in particular the privacy and liability issues in each generation.…”