What to Look for in a Deception Technology Solution
Zscaler, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Zscaler sets out evaluation criteria for deception technology given credential-driven breaches and alert fatigue.
Zscaler frames deception technology against an uncomfortable reality: perimeter defenses are no longer sufficient.
According to the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials remain a primary breach vector and modern attackers move laterally with extreme speed once inside.
Compounding the problem, traditional security tools generate noisy alerts that produce severe alert fatigue.
Deception technology places decoys, lures and traps across the environment to detect malicious activity early, and because legitimate users have no reason to touch a decoy, the alerts it generates are high-confidence. The post covers what to look for when evaluating a solution.