A company's IT security team is planning to deploy a honeypot to improve their detection of malicious activity within their network. Which of the following best describes the primary function of the honeypot they should implement?
To secure endpoints by deploying strict access control and authentication processes.
To redirect excess network traffic to optimize bandwidth usage during peak hours.
To attract attacks in order to study attacker behavior or distract them from more valuable targets.
To test network performance under high load to ensure stability and speed.
The correct answer is that a honeypot is designed to attract attacks in order to study the attacker's behavior or to distract them from more valuable targets. By understanding attacker methods, the security team can better defend their actual network resources. The other options, while plausible, do not correctly describe the main purpose of honeypots. Redirecting traffic to optimize bandwidth and securing endpoints are not purposes of a honeypot, and testing network performance under load is more related to stress testing or performance benchmarking rather than security.
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