Prevention is not perfect
Identity controls, endpoint protection, and email security reduce risk but cannot guarantee that no one gets inside.
The detection gap
Attackers search for credentials, systems, and internal knowledge. Give them something safe to find.
More telemetry is not always clarity
Large logging pipelines and broad alert queues can be expensive to operate and difficult for lean teams to trust.
Deception changes the signal
A legitimate user should never touch a carefully placed lure. Interaction creates immediate investigative context.
How Capture works
A managed detection layer designed to launch quickly and remain believable.
Map
Review the environment and identify likely infrastructure, identity, cloud, and collaboration paths.
Place
Deploy realistic decoy systems, tokenized tripwires, and sparse breadcrumbs in selected locations.
Route
Send tested alerts to agreed email, Teams, Slack, webhook, Syslog, ticketing, or SIEM workflows.
Refresh
Review and rotate placements as the customer's systems, people, and attacker paths change.
Standard scope
Enough coverage to matter. Clear boundaries to keep deployment fast.
Design and deployment
- Discovery and attacker-path workshop
- Three strategic deception zones
- Three to five decoy systems
- Up to 50 tokenized tripwires
- Up to 15 breadcrumb placements
Operations
- Customer-specific management boundary
- One primary alert integration
- Alert validation and response runbook
- 30-day deployment review
- Quarterly strategy and refresh review
Common placement areas
- Server and management segments
- Privileged identity and admin paths
- Shared files, wikis, and collaboration tools
- Cloud credentials and runbooks
- High-value operational knowledge
Qualification
Capture works best when the environment and response owner are ready.
Strong fit
- 100–500 employees
- Microsoft-heavy hybrid environment
- Lean IT or security function
- Meaningful internal, identity, or cloud paths
- A named owner who can investigate alerts
Not yet a fit
- No owner for security alerts
- Expectation of a 24/7 managed SOC
- Need for full incident response or forensics
- Requirement for unlimited custom integrations
- No ability to authorize safe lure placement
Typical timeline
- Readiness and qualification call
- Fixed-scope proposal
- Kickoff and placement workshop
- Remote deployment and testing
- Initial layer live in days, subject to customer access and approvals
The goal is not more decoys. It is better placement, clearer signal, and earlier warning.
Capture combines established deception technology with Ghostlight's managed strategy, deployment, validation, and ongoing refresh.
Frequently asked questions
What buyers usually want to know.
Is this an MDR or SOC?
No. Capture is a managed deception program. It does not include continuous human monitoring, containment, or full incident response unless separately contracted.
Who receives an alert?
Before launch, Ghostlight and the customer document alert recipients, escalation paths, and investigation ownership. Alerts are tested during deployment.
Will normal users trigger it?
Placements are selected to minimize legitimate interaction. No security control is literally noise-free, so every deployment includes validation and a response runbook.
Does Ghostlight replace our existing tools?
No. Capture complements identity, endpoint, email, network, and SIEM controls by adding high-confidence tripwires inside likely attacker paths.
How is the technology managed?
The standard model establishes a customer-specific management boundary with appropriate Ghostlight access, providing visibility, isolation, and a clean handoff path.
What happens after year one?
Renewal covers validation, rotation, strategic refresh, quarterly reviews, and limited expansion—not simply leaving static assets in place.
Next step
Start with a 30-minute Capture Readiness Call.
We will review your environment at a high level, identify likely placement areas, confirm who owns response, and give you a direct fit or no-fit recommendation.
- Environment and response-owner check
- Likely deception zones
- Deployment and commercial next step
Contact Ghostlight Security
Request a readiness call or a walkthrough of a typical deployment.
Contact: [email protected]