Sludge for Good: Slowing and Imposing Costs on Cyber Attackers. (arXiv:2211.16626v1 [cs.CR])

Choice architecture describes the design by which choices are presented to
people. Nudges are an aspect intended to make "good" outcomes easy, such as
using password meters to encourage strong passwords. Sludge, on the contrary,
is friction that raises the transaction cost and is often seen as a negative to
users. Turning this concept around, we propose applying sludge for positive
cybersecurity outcomes by using it offensively to consume attackers' time and
other resources.

To date, most cyber defenses have …

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